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This book examines the Fourth Gospel in reference to First-Century
media culture, including issues of issues of orality, aurality and
performance. Werner Kelber's "The Oral and the Written Gospel"
substantially challenged predominant paradigms for understanding
early Jesus traditions and the formation of written Gospels. Since
that publication, a more precise and complex picture of first -
century media culture has emerged. Yet while issues of orality,
aurality, performance, and mnemonics are now well voiced in
Synoptic Studies, Johannine scholars remain largely unaware of such
issues and their implications. The highly respected contributors to
this book seek to fill this lacuna by exploring various
applications of orality, literacy, memory, and performance theories
to the Johannine Literature in hopes of opening new avenues for
future discussion. Part 1 surveys the scope of the field by
introducing the major themes of ancient media studies and noting
their applicability to the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine
Epistles. Part 2 analyzes major themes in the Johannine Literature
from a media perspective, while Part 3 features case studies of
specific texts. Two responses by Werner Kelber and Alan Culpepper
complete the volume. Formerly the "Journal for the Study of the New
Testament Supplement", a book series that explores the many aspects
of New Testament study including historical perspectives,
social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural
and contextual approaches.
Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, this completely
revised edition of The Expositor s Bible Commentary series puts
world-class biblical scholarship in your hands. Based on the
original twelve-volume set that has become a staple in college and
seminary libraries and pastors studies worldwide, this new
thirteen-volume edition marshals the most current evangelical
scholarship and resources. You ll find up-to-date information
grounded in the same unchanging commitment to the divine
inspiration, complete trustworthiness, and full authority of the
Bible. Of the fifty-six contributors, thirty of them are new.
Reflecting the Expositor s Bible Commentary international and
cross-denominational approach, they come from the United States,
Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand, and from a
broad diversity of churches, including Anglican, Baptist, Brethren,
Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Reformed. The Expositor s
Bible Commentary uses the complete New International Version for
its English text, but it also refers freely to other translations
and to the original languages. For each book of the Bible, the
thoroughly revised features consist of: A comprehensive
introduction A short and precise bibliography A detailed outline
Insightful exposition of passages and verses Overviews of sections
of Scripture to illumine the big picture Occasional reflections to
give more detail on important issues Notes on textual questions and
special problems, placed close to the text in question
Transliteration and translation of Hebrew and Greek words, enabling
readers to understand even the more technical notes A balanced and
respectful approach toward marked differences of opinion"
C. H. Dodd's Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel, published
in 1963, marked a milestone in New Testament research and has
become a standard resource for the study of John. Historically
biblical scholars have concentrated on the Synoptic Gospels:
Matthew, Mark and Luke. However, Dodd's book encouraged scholars to
take John seriously as a source for the life of Jesus. This volume
both reflects upon and looks beyond Dodd's writings to address the
implications, limitations and potential of his groundbreaking
research and its programmatic approach to charting a course for
future research on the Gospel of John. Leading biblical scholars
demonstrate the recent surge of interest in John's distinctive
witness to Jesus, and also in Dodd's work as the harbinger of
advancements in the study of the Fourth Gospel. This volume will be
invaluable to all those studying the New Testament, Johannine
theology and the history of the early Church.
The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media is a convenient and
authoritative reference tool, introducing specific terms and
concepts helpful to the study of the Bible and related literature
in ancient communications culture. Since the early 1980s, biblical
scholars have begun to explore the potentials of interdisciplinary
theories of oral tradition, oral performance, personal and
collective memory, ancient literacy and scribality, visual culture
and ritual. Over time these theories have been combined with
considerations of critical and exegetical problems in the study of
the Bible, the history of Israel, Christian origins, and rabbinics.
The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media responds to the rapid
growth of the field by providing a source of reference that offers
clear definitions, and in-depth discussions of relevant terms and
concepts, and the relationships between them. The volume begins
with an overview of 'ancient media studies' and a brief history of
research to orient the reader to the field and the broader research
context of the book, with individual entries on terms and topics
commonly encountered in studies of the Bible in ancient media
culture. Each entry defines the term/ concept under consideration,
then offers more sustained discussion of the topic, paying
particular attention to its relevance for the study of the Bible
and related literature
The past fifty years have seen powerful shifts in the methods and
objectives of Biblical Studies. The study of the Johannine
Literature, in particular, has seen a proliferation of new
approaches, as well as innovative exegetical and theological
conclusions. This volume surveys the emerging landscape from the
perspective of scholars who have shaped the field. Written in a
conversational and reflective tone, the articles offer an excellent
overview of major issues in the study of the Fourth Gospel and
1-2-3 John.
Over the last two centuries, many scholars have considered the
Gospel of John off-limits for all quests for the historical Jesus.
That stance, however, creates a new set of problems that need to be
addressed thoughtfully. The essays in this book, reflecting the
ongoing deliberations of an international group of Johannine and
Jesus scholars, critically assess two primary assumptions of the
prevalent view: the dehistoricization of John and the
de-Johannification of Jesus. The approaches taken here are diverse,
including cognitive-critical developments of Johannine memory,
distinctive characteristics of the Johannine witness, new
historicism, Johannine-Synoptic relations, and fresh analyses of
Johannine traditional development. In addition to offering
state-of-the-art reviews of Johannine studies and Jesus studies,
this volume draws together an emerging consensus that sees the
Gospel of John as an autonomous tradition with its own perspective,
in dialogue with other traditions. Through this challenging of
critical and traditional assumptions alike, new approaches to
John's age-old riddles emerge, and the ground is cleared for new
and creative ways forward. The contributors are Paul Anderson; D.
A. Carson; Colleen M. Conway; Paula Fredriksen; Felix Just, S.J.;
Robert Kysar; Andrew Lincoln; John Painter; Sidney Palmer; Mark
Allan Powell; D. Moody Smith; Tom Thatcher; Marianne Meye Thompson;
Gilbert Van Belle; and Jack Verheyden. Paperback edition is
available from the Society of Biblical Literature
(www.sbl-site.org)
Werner Kelber's The Oral and the Written Gospel (1983) introduced
biblical scholars to interdisciplinary trends in the study of
ancient media culture. The book is now widely recognized as a
milestone and it has spurred wide-ranging scholarship. On the
twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication, new developments in
orality theory, literacy theory, and social approaches to memory
call for a programmatic reappraisal of past research and future
directions. This volume address these concerns. Kelber himself is
interviewed at the beginning of the book and, in a closing essay,
he reflects on the significance of the project and charts a course
for the future.
As most readers of the New Testament know, the words of Jesus
are often spoken in riddles--in parables and other sayings that
were and continue to be difficult to understand. In "Jesus the
Riddler," Tom Thatcher explains that Jesus may have been
intentionally ambiguous, using riddles to establish his authority
as a teacher and to encourage his followers to think more deeply
about the nature of truth. Jesus' riddles, like riddles across many
cultures, potentially refer to many different things, and they
challenge those who hear them to decode the meaning the riddler
intends. Figuring out the riddles in which Jesus spoke requires a
depth of faith and close attention to the words of the gospel. With
text boxes and other helpful features, this book guides readers
through discerning these puzzling and important words.
Twenty-seven authors from a variety of backgrounds contribute
essays concerning the distance, historically and theologically,
between the historical Jesus and the Gospel of John to this
collection. Part One discusses issues related to the historical and
ideological context in which the Fourth Gospel was produced. Part
Two explores the possibility of oral and written sources that John
may have utilized. Part Three compares the Fourth Gospel with early
noncanonical literature to identify various ways in which Jesus'
traditions were appropriated by early Christians.
In this book Richard Horsley and Tom Thatcher trace the Gospel of
John's portrayal of Jesus as a prophet of renewal by reading the
text against a double backdrop -- the social history of Roman
Palestine and the media world of John.This innovative study is the
first to consider the Gospel of John as story in the ancient media
context of oral communication and oral performance. Horsley and
Thatcher creatively combine concerns from the fields of Jesus
studies and ancient media studies in their analysis. Taking the
main conflict evident in John's story of Jesus as the key to its
plot, they discern how this Gospel -- usually read as "spiritual"
-- portrays Jesus engaged in a concrete program of renewal and
resistance.
"Werner Kelber's The Oral and the Written Gospel substantially
challenged predominant paradigms for understanding early Jesus
traditions and the formation of written Gospels. Since that
publication, a more precise and complex picture of first-century
media culture has emerged. Yet while issues of orality, aurality,
performance, and mnemonics are now well voiced in Synoptic Studies,
Johannine scholars remain largely unaware of such issues and their
implications. The highly respected contributors to this book seek
to fill this lacuna by exploring various applications of orality,
literacy, memory, and performance theories to the Johannine
Literature in hopes of opening new avenues for future discussion.
Part 1 surveys the scope of the field by introducing the major
themes of ancient media studies and noting their applicability to
the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. Part 2 analyzes major
themes in the Johannine Literature from a media perspective, while
Part 3 features case studies of specific texts. Two responses by
Gail O'Day and Barry Schwartz complete the volume. "
Social and cultural memory theory examines the ways communities and
individuals reconstruct and commemorate their pasts in light of
shared experiences and current social realities. Drawing on the
methods of this emerging field, this volume both introduces memory
theory to biblical scholars and restores the category "memory" to a
preeminent position in research on Christian origins. In the
process, the volume challenges current approaches to research
problems in Christian origins, such as the history of the Gospel
traditions, the birth of early Christian literature, ritual and
ethics, and the historical Jesus. The essays, taken in aggregate,
outline a comprehensive research agenda for examining the
beginnings of Christianity and its literature and also propose a
fundamentally revised model for the phenomenology of early
Christian oral tradition, assess the impact of memory theory upon
historical Jesus research, establish connections between memory
dynamics and the appearance of written Gospels, and assess the
relationship of early Christian commemorative activities with the
cultural memory of ancient Judaism. Contributors include April D.
DeConick, Arthur J. Dewey, Philip F. Esler, Holly Hearon, Richard
Horsley, Georgia Masters Keightley, Werner Kelber, Alan Kirk, Barry
Schwartz, Tom Thatcher, and Antoinette Clark Wire. "Paperback
edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature
(www.sbl-site.org)."
"The Dead Sea Scrolls" reveal a Palestinian form of Second Temple
Judaism in which the seeds of Johannine Christianity may have first
sprouted. Although many texts from the Judean Desert are now widely
available, the Scrolls have had little part in discussions of the
Johannine literature over the past several decades. The essays in
this book, ranging from focused studies of key passages in the
"Fourth Gospel" to its broader social world, consider the past and
potential impact of the Scrolls on Johannine studies in the context
of a growing interest in the historical roots of the Johannine
tradition and the origins and nature of the "Johannine community"
and its relationship to mainstream Judaism. Future scholarship will
be interested in connections between "The Gospel of John" and "The
Scrolls" and also in Qumran Judaism and Johannine Christianity as
parallel religious movements. The contributors are Mary L. Coloe
and Tom Thatcher, Eileen Schuller, Paul N. Anderson, John Ashton,
George J. Brooke, Brian J. Capper, Hannah K. Harrington, Loren T.
Stuckenbruck, and James H. Charlesworth.
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