John: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist (2006 Carter), book

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John: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist (2006) is a book by Warren Carter.

Abstract

"John: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist is an accessible introduction to the Fourth Gospel. This book examines three aspects of John's Gospel: John's telling of the story of Jesus, his interpretation of Jesus for his readers, and his formulation of all of this into the Gospel of Jesus. Carter surveys the central issues of this Gospel and engages with narrative and historical approaches, the two dominant methods used in interpreting John's Gospel. In addition, he introduces his readers to a consideration of the Gospel's negotiation of the Roman imperial world. This book is written for college and seminary students, clergy seeking resources for teaching and preaching, and the laity, especially Bible study groups who like to engage a topic in some depth."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2006.

Contents

Preface -- Abbreviations -- JOHN : STORYTELLER -- 1. The genre of John's Gospel -- 2. The plot of John's Gospel -- 3. Characters : God and Jesus -- 4. Other characters -- 5. Johnspeak : the Gospel's distinctive, dualistic language -- 6. Telling the story : John's style -- JOHN : INTERPRETER -- 7. John : interpreter of scriptures and sources about Jesus -- 8. John : interpreters for changing historical circumstances -- JOHN : EVANGELIST -- 9. John the Evangelist : author and "author-ity" -- 10. The good news according to John -- Postscript : good news? : reading John today in our multireligious world -- Bibliography -- Index of modern authors -- Index of ancient source

External links

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