Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel
A Study in Literary Design
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Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design
This book is an attempt to make some initial tracing of what the gospel looks like through the lens of "secular" literary criticism. As an interdisciplinary study, the work is an effort to contribute to that dialogue by studying the narrative elements of the Fourth Gospel while interacting occasionally with current Johannine research. It is intended not as a challenge to historical criticism or the results of previous research but as an alternative by means of which new data may be collected and readers may be helped to read the gospel more perceptively by looking at certain features of the gospel. This process is to be distinguished from reading the gospel looking for particular kinds of historical evidence.
Our aim is to contribute to understanding the gospel as a narrative text, what it is, and how it works. The emphasis will be upon the construction of hypotheses or critique of methods. The gospel as it stands rather than its sources, historical background, or themes is the subject of this study.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800620684
- Pages 256
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Publication Date January 1, 1987
Endorsements
"Careful study of this book would provide an excellent beginning to an exegetical course on John. At the same time, it should also provide a valuable resource for those who teach John in classics, philosophy, or English courses."
— Pheme Perkins
— Pheme Perkins
Excerpts
This book is an attempt to make some initial tracing of what the gospel looks like through the lens of "secular" literary criticism. As an interdisciplinary study, the work is an effort to contribute to that dialogue by studying the narrative elements of the Fourth Gospel while interacting occasionally with current Johannine research. It is intended not as a challenge to historical criticism or the results of previous research but as an alternative by means of which new data may be collected and readers may be helped to read the gospel more perceptively by looking at certain features of the gospel. This process is to be distinguished from reading the gospel looking for particular kinds of historical evidence.
— from the Introduction
Table of Contents
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Foreword
- Introduction
- Narrator and Point of View
- Narrative Time
- Plot
- Characters
- Implicit Commentary
- The Implied Reader
- Conclusion
Preface
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Expositional Mode
Point of View
Relationships within the Text
Duration
Frequency
Does a Gospel Have a Plot?
What is John's Plot?
Plot Development in John
Conclusion
Characterization in the Gospel of John
Jesus and the Father
The Disciples
The Jews
The Minor Characters
Conclusion
Irony
Symbolism
Conclusion
John's Readers
Synthesis of the Portrait
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Primary Texts
Index of Subjects