The riddles of the Fourth Gospel
Subtitle: an introduction to John
By: Paul N. Anderson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780800604271
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Riddles in the Bible
Description: "Paul Anderson, a leading scholar of the Fourth Gospel, provides an introductory textbook, crafted for a semester course, which leads students through literary, historical, and theological aspects of the Fourth Gospel's most vexing puzzles. Traditional, historical-critical, and literary-critical approaches are deftly introduced and their limitations evaluated; questions of the Gospel's authorship, composition, relationship to the Synoptics, and origins in particular historical experiences are succinctly addressed; and distinctive Johannine perspectives on Jesus, the church, and the world are discussed" -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Navigating a stream in which a child can wade and an elephant can swim; title: An overview of the Fourth Gospel; title: The theological riddles of the Fourth Gospel; title: The historical riddles of the Fourth Gospel; title: The literary riddles of the Fourth Gospel; title: Scholarly approaches to John; title: The dialogical autonomy of the Fourth Gospel : a plausible theory; title: The origin and character of the Johannine riddles : a guide to interpretation; title: The Christ of faith and Johannine theology; title: The Jesus of history in John : a fourth quest for Jesus?; title: The life of the church : Johannine ecclesiology.