The riddles of Jesus in John: a study in tradition and folklore
While the riddle is a widely recognized oral genre, conventional methods of form criticism do not include criteria for identifying traditional riddle units in the gospels. This book lays the groundwork for a new approach to the Johannine discourses on the basis of modern folkloristics and oral commu...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta, Ga.
Society of Biblical Literature
c 2000
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| In: |
Monograph series / Society of Biblical Literature (53)
Year: 2000 |
| Series/Journal: | Monograph series / The Society of Biblical Literature
no. 53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Riddles
B New Testament / Literary genre / Literary criticism |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible
N.T
John
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible. John Criticism, interpretation, etc B Folklore in the Bible B John B Riddles in the Bible B Neutestamentliche Hermeneutik B Riddles |
| Summary: | While the riddle is a widely recognized oral genre, conventional methods of form criticism do not include criteria for identifying traditional riddle units in the gospels. This book lays the groundwork for a new approach to the Johannine discourses on the basis of modern folkloristics and oral communications theory. Such an approach reveals thirty-eight riddles in the Fourth Gospel, most of which are clustered in larger narrative episodes which show Jesus engaged in "riddling sessions." Jesus' riddles mystify the other characters in the Fourth Gospel, but his answers are directed primarily to John's own audience. Knowledge of these answers distinguishes the audience from Jesus' confused opponents. This book explores the riddle as an oral genre; develops criteria for identifying riddles in written texts; and analyzes each of the passages in John which contain riddles, producing new insights for every passage discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-304) and index |
| ISBN: | 0884140180 |