John Through the Centuries (Blackwell Bible Commentaries)

✍ Scribed by Mark J. Edwards

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This pioneering commentary embraces the full scope and themes raised in John's Gospel, offering an engaging and perceptive reading. Mark Edwards explores a diverse range of excerpts and creative responses, with particular emphasis on the treatment of the Gospel in English poetry. Explores the diverse themes and issues raised in John’s Gospel, and considers its influence on figures from Saint Augustine, to Dorothy Sayers and Bob Dylan. Treats well-known interpreters such as Thomas Aquinas along with lesser-known figures such as the Gnostic Heracleon, and the sixth-century hymn-writer, Romanos. Brings ancient and modern commentators into dialogue with each other, and takes a critical stance towards some parallels drawn by modern scholars between the Gospel and the surrounding pagan culture. Features excerpts from a wide variety of poets who give a creative interpretation of John’s Gospel, and considers many artistic representations. Suggests that imaginative response can illuminate a reading of the Bible where purely critical and historical analysis has proved unsatisfactory. An accessible introduction and extensive section notes address interpretations of the Gospel from antiquity to the present. Published as part of the ground-breaking Blackwell Bible Commentaries series. More information about this series is available from the Blackwell Bible Commentaries website at http://www.bbibcomm.net/

✦ Table of Contents

John Through the Centuries......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Series Editors' Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
Introduction: The Gospel and its Interpreters......Page 17
Christ the Word: John 1:1–18......Page 31
The Baptist's Testimony: John 1:19–51......Page 42
Symbols of Purity: John 2:1–22......Page 51
The New Birth: John 2:23–4:2......Page 60
The Samaritan Woman: John 4:3–45......Page 69
Two Healings and their Aftermath: John 4:46–5:47......Page 78
Bread from Heaven: John 6......Page 88
Ministry in Jerusalem: John 7 and 8......Page 97
Parables of the Messiah: John 9 and 10......Page 113
The Raising of Lazarus: John 11......Page 128
Preparing for Death: John 12 and 13......Page 138
Christ and Spirit: John 14......Page 154
Valedictory: John 15–17......Page 162
Arrest and Trial: John 18......Page 180
The Crucifixion: John 19......Page 190
The Resurrection: John 20......Page 205
The Final Commission: John 21......Page 217
Bibliography......Page 227
Index......Page 245