The adaptable Jesus of the fourth gospel
Subtitle: the pedagogy of the logos
By: by Jason S. Sturdevant
Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- volume 162; Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- v. 162.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiben; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9789004302501; 9789004304239
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Logos (kristendom); Bible; Biblical teaching; Teaching methods
Description: In The Adaptable Jesus of the Fourth Gospel, Jason S. Sturdevant argues that the Gospel of John portrays Jesus as an adaptable teacher, who accommodates to different people in various ways to a singular end, to bring each to faith. In the same way, the Logos accommodates to humanity via the incarnation. Adaptability serves as both an interpersonal and universal category. - Early Christian interpretations of John, especially that of John Chrysostom, describe the Jesus of John by echoing characterizations of the ideal Greco-Roman pedagogue, adapting to his diverse students. By looking to such interpretations, as well as illumination from the milieu of the Fourth Evangelist, Jason S. Sturdevant provides a new lens through which to understand the characterization of the Johannine Jesus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Adaptability and the Fourth Gospel; title: Adaptability in the world of the Fourth Gospel: presuppositions and principles; title: Descent and adaptability: the pedagogy of the Logos in Philo and the Fourth Gospel; title: Adapting to extremes: variation and progression in John (3-4); title: With words and tears: the sisters of Bethany in John 11:1-12:8; title: Receiving the resurrected Jesus: Mary Magdalene and Thomas (John 20); title: The shepherd and the witness: Jesus with Peter and the Beloved Disciple.