Interpreting the Gospel of John / Gary M. Burge. [print]

By:

Burge, Gary M, 1952- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780801010217

Subject(s):

New Testament Criticism

Genre/Form:

Religious Studies.

LOC classification:

BS2615.B954.I584 1992

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Contents:

History of interpretation -- The early period -- The Jewishness of John -- Historical traditions in John -- The new look on the fourth Gospel -- The significance of the new look -- The authorship of the fourth Gospel -- Internal evidence -- External evidence.

How the fourth Gospel was built -- Literary seams in the Fourth Gospel -- Contextual evidence in John -- The aporias in the fourth Gospel -- assessment -- Discourses and miracles -- The form of the final story -- The book of signs (John 1-12) -- The book of glory (John 13-21).

The text -- If you know Greek -- If you don't know Greek -- The literary context -- Synoptic parallels -- The macro-context -- The micro-context -- Building a bibliography -- Bibliographies -- How do a bibliographic search -- The culture context -- Commentaries -- Biblical dictionaries and encyclopedias -- Specialized studies -- A sample investigation -- Word studies in John, part 1: word searches -- Fundamental rules of word study -- Grammatical analysis: examining original sentences -- Word searches with Greek concordances -- Word searches with personal computers -- English language searches -- Crating a word search table -- Thesaurus lingate graecae for the advanced student -- Word studies in John, part 2: word meanings -- Four reference tools -- Special tools -- Common Johannine word study errors.

The problem of horizons -- The problem of theological education -- The new hermeneutic -- Assessment -- Contextualization -- Preaching from John -- Stifling John's power -- A preaching cycle through John.

Subject: The Gospel of John has become so familiar and seems so simple that it is easy to overlook its special challenges, says the author of this helpful guide. Interpreting the Gospel of John presents an easy-to-follow, step-by-step plan for exegeting the Fourth Gospel. It leads beginners through the maze of academic discussion concerning origins, authorship, and interpretation. Textual, cultural, and literary considerations are explained, and leading commentaries on the Gospel of John are rated according to scholarship and reliability. The final section of the volume focuses on preaching and teaching from John. Interpreting the Gospel of John is part of the Guides to New Testament Exegesis series, covering various genres of New Testament literature. https://www.amazon.com/Interpreting-Gospel-Guides-Testament-Exegesis/dp/0801010217/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780801010217&qid=1596735978&s=books&sr=1-1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS2615.2.B87 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923000861910
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS2615.2.B87 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001543293

PART 1. BACKGROUNDS TO THE FOURTH GOSPEL -- History of interpretation -- The early period -- The Jewishness of John -- Historical traditions in John -- The new look on the fourth Gospel -- The significance of the new look -- The authorship of the fourth Gospel -- Internal evidence -- External evidence.

PART 2. LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL -- How the fourth Gospel was built -- Literary seams in the Fourth Gospel -- Contextual evidence in John -- The aporias in the fourth Gospel -- assessment -- Discourses and miracles -- The form of the final story -- The book of signs (John 1-12) -- The book of glory (John 13-21).

PART 3. A STRATEGY FOR EXEGESIS OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL -- The text -- If you know Greek -- If you don't know Greek -- The literary context -- Synoptic parallels -- The macro-context -- The micro-context -- Building a bibliography -- Bibliographies -- How do a bibliographic search -- The culture context -- Commentaries -- Biblical dictionaries and encyclopedias -- Specialized studies -- A sample investigation -- Word studies in John, part 1: word searches -- Fundamental rules of word study -- Grammatical analysis: examining original sentences -- Word searches with Greek concordances -- Word searches with personal computers -- English language searches -- Crating a word search table -- Thesaurus lingate graecae for the advanced student -- Word studies in John, part 2: word meanings -- Four reference tools -- Special tools -- Common Johannine word study errors.

PART 4. PREACHING AND EXEGESIS FROM THE FOURTH GOSPEL -- The problem of horizons -- The problem of theological education -- The new hermeneutic -- Assessment -- Contextualization -- Preaching from John -- Stifling John's power -- A preaching cycle through John.

The Gospel of John has become so familiar and seems so simple that it is easy to overlook its special challenges, says the author of this helpful guide. Interpreting the Gospel of John presents an easy-to-follow, step-by-step plan for exegeting the Fourth Gospel. It leads beginners through the maze of academic discussion concerning origins, authorship, and interpretation. Textual, cultural, and literary considerations are explained, and leading commentaries on the Gospel of John are rated according to scholarship and reliability. The final section of the volume focuses on preaching and teaching from John. Interpreting the Gospel of John is part of the Guides to New Testament Exegesis series, covering various genres of New Testament literature.

https://www.amazon.com/Interpreting-Gospel-Guides-Testament-Exegesis/dp/0801010217/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780801010217&qid=1596735978&s=books&sr=1-1

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