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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Williams, Catrin H. John's Gospel and Intimations of Apocalyptic. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2014 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Catrin H Williams; Christopher Rowland |
| ISBN: | 9780567071958 0567071952 |
| OCLC Number: | 867928923 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Contents: | Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION -- Christopher Rowland and Catrin H. Williams; Part I. INTIMATIONS OF APOCALYPTIC; INTIMATIONS OF APOCALYPTIC: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD -- John Ashton; JOHN AND THE JEWISH APOCALYPSES: RETHINKING THE GENRE OF JOHN'S GOSPEL -- Benjamin Reynolds; FROM THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN TO THE JOHANNINE 'APOCALYPSE IN REVERSE': INTIMATIONS OF APOCALYPTIC AND THE QUEST FOR A RELATIONSHIP -- Ian Boxall; GOD'S DWELLING ON EARTH: 'SHEKHINA-THEOLOGY' IN REVELATION 21 AND IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN -- Jörg Frey. UNVEILING REVELATION: THE SPIRIT-PARACLETE AND APOCALYPTIC DISCLOSURE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN -- Catrin H. Williams'INTIMATIONS OF APOCALYPTIC': THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION -- Christopher Rowland; Part II. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AND ITS APOCALYPTIC MILIEU: SATAN AND THE RULER OF THIS WORLD; WHY ARE THE HEAVENS CLOSED? THE JOHANNINE REVELATION OF THE FATHER IN THE CATHOLIC-GNOSTIC DEBATE -- April D. DeConick; THE RULER OF THE WORLD, ANTICHRISTS AND PSEUDO-PROPHETS: JOHANNINE VARIATIONS ON AN APOCALYPTIC MOTIF -- Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer. EVIL IN JOHANNINE AND APOCALYPTIC PERSPECTIVE: PETITION FOR PROTECTION IN JOHN 17 -- Loren T. StuckenbruckPart III. JOHN AND APOCALYPTIC: TEXT AND READERS; TEXT AND AUTHORITY IN JOHN AND APOCALYPTIC -- Judith M. Lieu; THE READER AS APOCALYPTIST IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN -- Robert G. Hall; APOCALYPTIC MYSTAGOGY: REBIRTH-FROM-ABOVE IN THE RECEPTION OF JOHN'S GOSPEL -- Robin Griffith-Jones; EPILOGUE -- Adela Yarbro Collins; Index of References; Index of Authors. |
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These essays help redefine the categories with which we approach apocalyptic writings and John's Gospel. Instead of limiting the comparison to eschatology, they propose new ways to consider what each type of literature helps us see in the other. The result is not a new consensus, but a promising series of leads, which invite discussion around questions of how the hidden purposes of God are revealed. -- Craig R. Koester, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, US * Theology * A worthy tribute to the eminent Johannine scholar, John Ashton. * The Heythrop Journal * The Fourth Gospel has a way of stopping readers in their tracks, making us question what we thought we knew, turning upside down what we took for granted. That happens to characters in its story, also-and thus, in an odd way, we find ourselves drawn into that story. Two decades ago, John Ashton did something rather similar to scholarship about the Fourth Gospel. In this book he and a goodly company of colleagues have done it again. -- Wayne A. Meeks, Yale University, USA In his book Understanding the Fourth Gospel John Ashton gave an outstanding presentation of modern research on the Gospel of John. He also gave fruitful pointers for future research, as was seen at a symposium where he and other distinguished scholars explored further his description of John's Gospel as "an apocalypse - in reverse, upside down, inside out." Central themes discussed were the concept of revelation, the understanding of evil, the Christological concept of Jesus as God's filial Agent, and how apocalyptic motifs find their proleptic fulfillment in Jesus' death and resurrection. It is fortunate, indeed, that these seminal contributions now are made available in book form! -- Peder Borgen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway This is the book I and many others have been waiting for, since the Gospel of John is not an obvious and immediate choice as an 'apocalyptic Gospel'. This much needed book discusses the heuristically important links between apocalyptic and John's Gospel, with an openness for the possibility of 'intimations of apocalyptic' in the Gospel. The different perspectives from which these relationships are reconsidered, illuminate the meaning and margins of apocalyptic within the Johannine context, leading to new and challenging interpretations of the Johannine material. This is certainly a book that will leave its impact on Johannine studies. -- Jan van der Watt, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Read more...
