Text, Context and the Johannine Community adopts a new approach to
the social context of the Johannine writings by drawing on modern
sociolinguistic theory. Sociolinguistics emphasizes language as a
social phenomenon, which can be analysed with reference not only to
its broad context of culture, but also, through the use of register
analysis, to its narrower context of situation. The Johannine
writings have increasingly been seen as the product of a distinct
Johannine Community, depicted by some scholars as a sectarian
group, opposed both to wider Jewish society and to other Christian
groups. This model has largely been constructed on
historical-critical grounds, yet given our lack of reliable
external information about the origin of the Johannine writings, a
more fruitful approach may be to examine their lexico-grammatical
and discourse features to determine what these imply about
interpersonal relationships. This study compares selected
'narrative asides' from the Gospel of John with a passage section
from 1 John and with the two shorter Johannine Epistles. It
concludes that register analysis of these texts does not support
the idea of a close-knit sectarian group.
General
Imprint: |
T. & T. Clark
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
The Library of New Testament Studies |
Release date: |
August 2015 |
Authors: |
David A. Lamb
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-567-66510-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-567-66510-0 |
Barcode: |
9780567665102 |
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