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Rhetoric and theology : figural reading of John 9 / William M. Wright IV.
- Author
- Wright, William M., IV.
- Published
- Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages).
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- Language Note
- In English.
- Contents
- John 9 as a two-level drama in contemporary scholarship -- J. Louis Martyn's analysis of John 9 in history and theology in the Fourth Gospel -- The starting point for history and theology in the Fourth Gospel -- John 9 as a two-level drama -- Setting a new course for Johannine studies -- Martyn's contribution in context -- Martyn's influence in historical studies -- Martyn's influence in social oriented studies -- Martyn's influence in literary critical studies -- The critique of Martyn's hypothesis -- Historical critique -- Hermeneutical critique -- The critique of the two-level reading strategy as allegory -- Substance of the critique -- Deficiencies in the allegory critique -- Coclusions -- The two-level reading strategy as figural exegesis -- Improving the allegory critique -- Recent scholarship on premodern Christian exegesis : a resource for new categories -- Figural reading -- Grammatical reading -- Reframing the allegory critique -- Augustine and J. Louis Martyn reading John 9 -- Augustine's tract. Ev. Jo. 44 in context -- Augustine's interpretation of John 9 in tract. Ev. Jo. 44 -- Comparing the reading strategies of Augustine and Martyn -- Implications and possibilities -- Four premodern interpretations of John 9 -- The value of premodern exegetes for New Testament studies -- John Chrysostom -- Chrysostom's homilies 56-59 on the Gospel of John in context -- Chrysostom on the place of John 9 within the Gospel -- Chrysostom on the internal dynamics of John 9 -- Chrysostom's theological interpretation of John 9 -- Cyril of Alexandria -- Cyril's commentary on the Gospel of John in context -- Cyril on the place of John 9 within the Gospel -- Cyril on the internal dynamics of John 9 -- Cyril's theological interpretation of John 9 -- Bruno of Segni -- Bruno's commentary on John in context -- Bruno on the place of John 9 within the Gospel -- Bruno on the internal dynamics of John 9 -- Bruno's theological interpretation of John 9 -- Thomas Aquinas -- Aquinas' lectures on John in context : exegesis in the medieval university -- Aquinas on the place of John 9 within the Gospel -- Aquinas on the internal dynamics of John 9 -- Aquinas' theological interpretation of John 9 -- Conclusions -- Figural argumentation in John 9 -- Elaborated chreia and symbolic expression in Greco-Roman literary composition -- Chreia composition and elaborated argument -- Greco-Roman symbolic literary composition -- The figural argument in John 9:1-41 -- John 9:1-7 -- John 9:8-12 -- John 9:13-17 -- John 9:18-23 -- John 9:24-34 -- John 9:35-38 -- John 9:39-41 -- Conclusion -- Narrative rhetoric, theology, and figural reading -- The narrative and rhetorical dimensions of John 9 -- The narrative dynamics of John 9 -- An integration of epideictic and forensic rhetoric -- The figural dynamic and John's theology -- The inseparability of form and content in John's theology -- The figural dynamic and the incarnation -- Reading John's figural dynamic -- Conclusion.
- Summary
- This monograph on John 9 makes extensive use of premodern Christian exegesis as a resource for New Testament studies. It draws on ancient Christian ways of reading Scripture in a "more-than-literal" or "figural" way to critique the modern trend to understand John's Gospel as recounting the history of the evangelist's community. This study also examines a variety of premodern interpretations of John 9 for insight into the chapter's theological and rhetorical dimensions. Building upon the premoderns' observations, it argues that John 9 resembles a mode of Greco-Roman rhetorical argumentation and expression to present Jesus as the Light of the World. This analysis illustrates the inseparability of form and content, rhetoric and theology, in the Fourth Gospel.
- Subject(s)
- Martyn, J. Louis (James Louis), 1925-2015
- Bible. John, IX—Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible. John—Hermeneutics
- Bible. John—Criticism, interpretation, etc—History
- Bible. John—Criticism, interpretation, etc—History—20th century
- Bible. John—Allegorical interpretations
- Bible. John, IX.
- Bible. John
- 1900-1999
- RELIGION—Biblical Studies—New Testament
- RELIGION—Biblical Studies—Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
- Allegorical interpretations of sacred works
- Hermeneutics
- Christianity
- Religion
- Philosophy & Religion
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9783110221640 (electronic bk.)
3110221640 (electronic bk.)
1282456776
9781282456778
9783110221633 (cloth ; alk. paper)
3110221632 (cloth ; alk. paper) - Digital File Characteristics
- PDF
text file - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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