Rhetoric and theology
Subtitle: figural reading of John 9
By: William M. Wright IV.
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche -- Bd. 165; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche -- Beiheft 165.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9783110221633
Subjects: Martyn, J. Louis -- 1925-; Bible. -- N.T. -- John IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Hermeneutics; Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History; Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- 20th century; Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Allegorical interpretations
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: John 9 as a two-level drama in contemporary scholarship; title: J. Louis Martyn's analysis of John 9 in history and theology in the Fourth Gospel; title: The starting point for history and theology in the Fourth Gospel; title: John 9 as a two-level drama; title: Setting a new course for Johannine studies; title: Martyn's contribution in context; title: Martyn's influence in historical studies; title: Martyn's influence in social oriented studies; title: Martyn's influence in literary critical studies; title: The critique of Martyn's hypothesis; title: Historical critique; title: Hermeneutical critique; title: The critique of the two-level reading strategy as allegory; title: Substance of the critique; title: Deficiencies in the allegory critique; title: Coclusions; title: The two-level reading strategy as figural exegesis; title: Improving the allegory critique; title: Recent scholarship on premodern Christian exegesis : a resource for new categories; title: Figural reading; title: Grammatical reading; title: Reframing the allegory critique; title: Augustine and J. Louis Martyn reading John 9; title: Augustine's tract. Ev. Jo. 44 in context; title: Augustine's interpretation of John 9 in tract. Ev. Jo. 44; title: Comparing the reading strategies of Augustine and Martyn; title: Implications and possibilities; title: Four premodern interpretations of John 9; title: The value of premodern exegetes for New Testament studies; title: John Chrysostom; title: Chrysostom's homilies 56-59 on the Gospel of John in context; title: Chrysostom on the place of John 9 within the Gospel; title: Chrysostom on the internal dynamics of John 9; title: Chrysostom's theological interpretation of John 9; title: Cyril of Alexandria; title: Cyril's commentary on the Gospel of John in context; title: Cyril on the place of John 9 within the Gospel; title: Cyril on the internal dynamics of John 9; title: Cyril's theological interpretation of John 9; title: Bruno of Segni; title: Bruno's commentary on John in context; title: Bruno on the place of John 9 within the Gospel; title: Bruno on the internal dynamics of John 9; title: Bruno's theological interpretation of John 9; title: Thomas Aquinas; title: Aquinas' lectures on John in context : exegesis in the medieval university; title: Aquinas on the place of John 9 within the Gospel; title: Aquinas on the internal dynamics of John 9; title: Aquinas' theological interpretation of John 9; title: Conclusions; title: Figural argumentation in John 9; title: Elaborated chreia and symbolic expression in Greco-Roman literary composition; title: Chreia composition and elaborated argument; title: Greco-Roman symbolic literary composition; title: The figural argument in John 9:1-41; title: John 9:1-7; title: John 9:8-12; title: John 9:13-17; title: John 9:18-23; title: John 9:24-34; title: John 9:35-38; title: John 9:39-41; title: Conclusion; title: Narrative rhetoric, theology, and figural reading; title: The narrative and rhetorical dimensions of John 9; title: The narrative dynamics of John 9; title: An integration of epideictic and forensic rhetoric; title: The figural dynamic and John's theology; title: The inseparability of form and content in John's theology; title: The figural dynamic and the incarnation; title: Reading John's figural dynamic; title: Conclusion.