The epistemological basis for belief according to John's gospel
Subtitle: miracles and message in their essentials as nonfictional grounds for knowledge of God
By: David A. Redelings
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781610971805
Subjects: Miracles; Bible; God; Criticism, interpretation; Knowableness; Biblical teaching
Notes: Slightly rev. version of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Andrews, 2002 under title The epistemology of belief in the gospel of John : miracles and the kerygmatic word as the non-fictional grounds for knowledge.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Varieties of belief in John's gospel, and the need for belief; title: The character of knowledge: general considerations and Johannine perspective; title: The evangelist's concept of knowledge: history, fiction, and the a priori exclusion of the possibility of historical miracles; title: The evangelist's concept of knowledge: intended fiction in the case of miracles; title: The evangelist's concept of knowledge: miracles as historical grounds for belief; title: The evangelist's concept of historical knowledge: a comparison with modern historiography; title: The extent of nonfictional intention in John's miracle accounts; title: John's use of miracles as grounds for belief in Jesus; title: The essential words of Jesus as nonfiction in the gospel of John; title: John's essential message as grounds for belief in Jesus; title: Conclusions.