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The Gospel of John: A narrative and theological commentary |
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Authors: |
Karakolis, Christos |
Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > RELIGION AND THEOLOGY > THEOLOGY > BIBLICAL THEOLOGY > NEW TESTAMENT HUMANITIES AND ARTS > RELIGION AND THEOLOGY > THEOLOGY > BIBLICAL THEOLOGY > BIBLE HUMANITIES AND ARTS > RELIGION AND THEOLOGY > THEOLOGY > HERMENEUTICS HUMANITIES AND ARTS > RELIGION AND THEOLOGY > THEOLOGY > BIBLICAL THEOLOGY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > RELIGION AND THEOLOGY > WORLD RELIGIONS > ANCIENT RELIGIONS > CHRISTIANITY |
Keywords: |
Gospel of John
Commentary Narrative Criticism Biblical Theology New Testament Bible Jesus Early Christianity Gospel New Testament Exegesis Johannine Literature Johannine Theology |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
The present book is a narrative and theological commentary on the Gospel of John, one of the most important theological and influential texts of the New Testament. In the preface, the reader is informed about the basic scholarly problems concerning the Gospel of John: the genre, its structure and content, its relation to the synoptic gospels, the author, the place, time and aim of its composition, as well as important milestones in Johannine research, and the basic scholarly bibliography. Then, a detailed narrative and a theological analysis of the text beginning with the hymn of the prologue follow. After the analysis of the gospel's narrative introduction up to Jesus' first sign at Cana of Galilee, His public activity, consisting mainly of extensive discourses and a series of representative signs, is analysed in the following chapters. In this part, the structure of the commentary follows the succession of Jewish festivals around which the narrative unfolds. Finally, the farewell discourses of Jesus and the narratives of the Passion and Resurrection are analysed. As it will be shown by the analysis, throughout his gospel the author uses narrative devices to guide the recipients of his text in gradually grasping his theological teaching as to the true identity of the person and the deeper significance of Jesus' work, in contrast to various messianic-eschatological concepts of the time. From a methodological point of view, the commentary presupposes and combines knowledge and methods from the fields of history, literature, narratology, and theology, aiming to offer readers the possibility of a comprehensive understanding of an emblematic early Christian text and the world in which it was composed.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Alexandropoulou, Katerina |
Graphic Editors: |
Tsionis, Elias |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 01-11-2024 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-296-0 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1047 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/14143 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Karakolis, C. (2024). The Gospel of John: A narrative and theological commentary [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1047 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Introduction to the Study of the Gospel of John 2. The identity Jesus and His Early Ministry (1:1-2:11) 3. The First Passover (2:12-4:54) 4. The Unknown Feast (5:1-47) 5. The Second Passover (6:1-71) 6. The Feast of Tabernacles (7:1-10:21) 7. The Feast of the Dedication (10:22-11:54) 8. Before the Last Passover (11:55-12:50) 9. The Farewell Discourses (13:1-17:26) 10. The Passion (18:1-19:42) 11. The Resurrection Appearances in Jerusalem (20:1-31) 12. The Resurrection Appearance in Galilea (21:1-25) |
Number of pages |
383 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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