Title: Dialogue and drama : elements of Greek tragedy in the Fourth Gospel /
Authors: Brant, Jo-Ann A., 1956-
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Greek drama (Tragedy) History and criticism.
Abstract: "The Fourth Evangelist understood the elements of Greek drama and employed them to construct the Gospel's plot. Scholars of literary criticism in the Bible and students of drama alike will find in this text a detailed, compelling, and interdisciplinary study that will answer questions left open by prevailing theories and launch avenues of research that have yet to be explored."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Dramatic structure -- Speech as action -- Dramatis personae and the illusion of identity -- Death becomes him.