Studying John : approaches to the fourth Gospel /
Is historical criticism of the New Testament dead? This collection of eight chapters on John's Gospel argues that this is very far from the case. Challenging the assumptions of methodologies which ignore the historical context in which the Gospel was composed, the book offers a spirited defence...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Clarendon,
1998.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Is historical criticism of the New Testament dead? This collection of eight chapters on John's Gospel argues that this is very far from the case. Challenging the assumptions of methodologies which ignore the historical context in which the Gospel was composed, the book offers a spirited defence of historical criticism and provides practical demonstration of the many new insights which it has still to yield. The first two chapters treat in greater depth two key themes, the Prologue of John and the Jews, which appeared in Understanding the Fourth Gospel. A third chapter is intended to supplement and correct this larger work. The rest of the book explores some of the serious theoretical weaknesses in much recent writing on the Gospel and makes some alternative proposals. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191683817 0191683817 |