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This volume gathers writings about the Spirit and Christ by notable
scholars including Richard Bauckham, D. A. Carson, James Dunn, and
many others. Covering topics that are relevant for the worldwide
church today -- the life-giving work of the Spirit, the Spirit in
Luke and Acts, the gift of the Spirit in John 19-20, pneumatology
and justifi cation, community life through the Spirit, and more --
the twenty essays included will be a welcome resource for scholars
and ministers. The Spirit and Christ in the New Testament and
Christian Theology is also a fitting tribute to honoree Max Turner,
whose outstanding scholarship has focused on pneumatology and
Christology. Contributors: Richard Bauckham Cornelis Bennema D. A.
Carson James D. G. Dunn Conrad Gempf Joel B. Green Desta Heliso
Veli-Matti Karkkainen Anthony N. S. Lane John R. Levison I. Howard
Marshall Graham McFarlane Robert P. Menzies Steve Motyer Andre
Munzinger Volker Rabens Mark L. Strauss John Christopher Thomas
Chris Tilling Robert W. Wall Steve Walton
The last thirty years have seen an increased interest in the Bible
as literature and story. Yet "character" appears to be neglected in
both literary theory and narrative criticism. Indeed, there is not
even agreement amongst scholars on how to approach, analyze and
classify characters. Applying a comprehensive theory of character
to the Gospel of John, Cornelis Bennema provides a fresh analysis
of both the characters and their responses to Jesus. While the
majority of scholars view most Johannine characters as "flat,"
Bennema demonstrates that many are complex, developing, and
"round." John's broad array of characters and their responses to
Jesus correspond to people and their choices in real life in any
culture and time. This book highlights how John's Gospel seeks to
challenge its readers, past and present, about where they stand in
relation to Jesus.
Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of characterization in the
New Testament literature. Although character has been the subject
of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament (and a
point of connection with "character ethics") since the 1970s,
Cornelis Bennema observes that there is still no consensus
regarding how characterization should be understood in contemporary
literary theory or in biblical studies. Many New Testament scholars
seem to presume that characters in Greco-Roman literature are
two-dimensional, "Aristotelian" figures, unlike the well-rounded,
psychologized individuals who appear in modern fiction. They
continue nevertheless to apply contemporary literary theory to
characters in ancient writings. Bennema here offers a full,
comprehensive, and non-reductionist theory for the analysis,
classification, and evaluation of characters in the New Testament.
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