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Come and Read explores four interpretive approaches (narrative, sociocultural, intertextual, and rhetorical) and applies them to three key passages in the Gospel of John. The combined work of top Johannine scholars, this collection illustrates the methods employed, the value of multiple approaches, and how method impacts the conclusions reached.
List of contents
Come and Read: An Introduction to Methods of Johannine Interpretation
Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey
Part 1: John 1:1-18
1.A Narrative Reading
Beginnings: Introducing the Narrative of the Word through the Prologue of John's Gospel
Sherri Brown
2.A Sociocultural Reading
John 1 Beyond the Binary
Lindsey S. Jodrey
3.An Intertextual Reading
Revealing the Fuller Word
Craig S. Keener
4.A Rhetorical Reading
Ambiguity as a Rhetorical Strategy in the Prologue to John's Gospel
Jo-Ann A. Brant
Part 2: John 10
5.A Narrative Reading
The Parable of the Sheepfold: A Narrative Reading of John 10
Dorothy A. Lee
6.A Sociocultural Reading
Jesus the Good Shepherd: John 10 as Political Rhetoric
Warren Carter
7.An Intertextual Reading
Persuasion through Allusion: Evocations of "Shepherd(s)" and their Rhetorical Impact in John 10
Catrin H. Williams
8.A Rhetorical Reading
Discerning Characters: Parr¿sia, Paroimia, and Jesus's Rhetoric in John 10:1-21
Alicia D. Myers
Part 3: John 20
9.A Narrative Reading
Narrative-Critical Interpretation of John 20
Craig R. Koester
10.A Sociocultural Reading
Reading Mary Magdalene with Stacey Abrams: Developing an Inclusive National Consciousness
Angela N. Parker
11.An Intertextual Reading
Recognition and "Those Who Have Not Seen": John's Reception of Synoptic Resurrection
Narratives
Helen K. Bond
12.A Rhetorical Reading
Rhetorical Vividness in John 20: Making Jesus Present before the Eyes
Kasper Bro Larson
About the author
Edited by Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey - Contributions by Helen K. Bond; Jo-Ann A. Brant; Sherri Brown; Warren Carter; Lindsey S. Jodrey; Craig S. Keener; Craig R. Koester; Kasper Bro Larsen; Dorothy A. Lee; Alicia D. Myers; Angela N. Parker and
