Dialogue in the Book of signs a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 / [electronic resource] :
by Johnson Thomaskutty.
- Boston : Brill, 2015.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 542 p.)
- Biblical interpretation series, v. 136 0928-0731 ; .
- Biblical interpretation series ; v. 136. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Introduction; Rationale, Aim, and Task; Previous Studies on Johannine Dialogue; Methodology of Research; Use of 'Dialogue' as a Literary Genre; A Proposed Definition of Dialogue in John; Plan of the Research; Micro- and Meso-Analyses of the Dialogue in theBook of Signs (John 1:19-12:50); 1A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (1:19-2:12); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 2A Challenge and Riposte Dialogue (2:13-22); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis -- 12A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (11:1-53)Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 13 A Conflict-centric Dialogue as a Conclusion(11:54-12:50); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; Macro-level Analysis; Exchange, Episode, and Narrative Developments; Dialogue and Its Polyvalent Connections; Content, Form, and Function of the Dialogue; Dialogue and the Rhetorical Thrust of the Book of Signs; Concluding Remarks; Further Considerations; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Ancient Sources. 3 A Pedagogical Dialogue Leading to aMonologue (3:1-21)Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 4 A Report-and-Defense Dialogue to a NarrativeCommentary (3:22-36); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 5 An Inter-Religious Dialogue in Dual-stage Setting(4:1-42); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 6A Request-Rebuke-Response Dialogue (4:43-54); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 7 A Sign and a Controversy Dialogue Leading to aMonologue (5:1-47); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis -- 8From Sign-centric Dialogues to Question-and-Answer Dialogues (6:1-71)Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 9 A Religious-Theological Dialogue Formed in aSeries of Challenge-and-Riposte (7:1-52; 8:12-59); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 10 A Dramatic Dialogue Leading to a Monologue and aCommunity Dialogue (9:1-10:21); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis; 11A Forensic Dialogue Develops from-Antithetical-to-Synonymous Mode (10:22-42); Setting of the Dialogue; Micro-Analysis; Meso-Analysis --
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Dialogue in the Book of Signs offers a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. With the help of several synchronic methods, including genre, narrative, rhetorical, and dramatic, the author analyzes the content, form, and function of John's dialogue.
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Bible.--John, I, 19-XII, 50--Criticism, interpretation, etc.