Imagery in the Gospel of John
Subtitle: terms, forms, themes, and theology of Johannine figurative language
By: edited by Jörg Frey, Jan G. van der Watt, and Ruben Zimmermann ; in collaboration with Gabi Kern.
Contributors: Frey, Jörg.; Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968-; Van der Watt, J. G. 1952-; Kern, Gabriele.
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 200
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9783161491160
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses; Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Language, style -- Congresses
Notes: Revised and enlarged papers from a conference held July 30-Aug. 1, 2005, in Eisenach, Germany, with additional contributions.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

English and German.
Table of contents: title: Imagery in John : opening up paths into the tangled thicket of John's figurative world / Ruben Zimmermann; title: The cubist principle in Johannine imagery : John and the reading of images in contemporary Platonism / Harold W. Attridge; title: Klartext in Bidlern / Rainer Hirsh-Luipold; title: Paroimia and parabolē : Gleichniskonzepte bei Johannes und Markus / Uta Poplutz; title: Die Ich-bin-Worte als Metaphern am Beispiel der Lichtmetaphorik / Silke Petersen; title: Bildersprache und Relektüre am Beispiel von Joh 15,1-17 / Jean Zumstein; title: Gradations of symbolization in the Johannine passion narrative : control measures for theologizing speculation gone awry / Paul N. Anderson; title: Vom Restaurieren übermalter Bilder : worum geht es in der "Brotrede" Joh 6? / Folker Siegert; title: The Lamb of God : the conginitive structure of  Johannine metaphor / Jesper Tang Nielsen; title: "Every picture tells a story" : imagery for God in the Gospel of John / Marianne Meye Thompson; title: Metaphorik und Rhetorik im Johannesevangelium : das Bildfeld vom König / Ulrich Busse; title: Witness and friend : symbolism associated with John the Baptiser / Mary L. Coloe; title: The imagery of eating and drinking in John 6:35 / Petrus Maritz and Gilbert van Belle; title: The (not so) Good Shepherd : the use of shepherd imagery in the characterisation of Peter in the Fourth Gospel / D. Francois Tolmie; title: Designs for the church in the imagery of John 21:1-14 / R. Alan Culpepper; title: What does it mean to be human? Imagery and the human condition in John's Gospel / Craig R. Koester; title: Ethics alive in imagery / Jan G. Van der Watt.