Reading John through Johannine Lenses

Reading John through Johannine Lenses demonstrates that the model an interpreter chooses for examining the Gospel of John significantly impacts the resulting interpretation. The Fourth Evangelist uses key words in the prologue in order to guide the reader toward key moments in the gospel. Stan Harstine shows how four words- life, word, receive, and believe- converge at transition points in John 5, 12, and 17. Their close relationship is not random; rather, it guides the reader to recall what the Gospel has presented in the preceding section, providing a road map for understanding the narrative. By using interpretive models from both diachronic and synchronic methodologies, Harstine's comparison of traditional historical methods with more recent narrative and rhetorical methods demonstrates the wide disparity of results from prior approaches, thus accentuating the importance of reading the Fourth Gospel through the lenses it provides its readers.

Author: Stan Harstine
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Published: 02/04/2022
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781978712935
ISBN10: 1978712936
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | General
- Religion | Biblical Studies | New Testament | Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
- Religion | Biblical Studies | Exegesis & Hermeneutics

About the Author
Stan Harstine is professor of religion at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas.