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Characterizing Jesus

A Rhetorical Analysis on the Fourth Gospel's Use of Scripture in Its Presentation of Jesus [Hardback]

by Dr Alicia D Myers

    • Author

      Dr Alicia D Myers

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      January 2012

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    Characterizing Jesus

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    This study explores how the "Fourth Gospel's" use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus and how it functions as a part of the "Gospel's" rhetoric. Utilizing literary-rhetorical criticism, Myers approaches the "Gospel" in its final form, paying particular attention to how Greco-Roman rhetoric can assist in understanding the ways in which Scripture is employed to support the presentation of Jesus. It offers further evidence in favour of the "Gospel's" use of rhetoric (particularly the practices of synkrisis, ekpharsis, and prosopopoiia), and gives scholars a new way to use rhetoric to better understand the use of Scripture in the "Fourth Gospel" and the New Testament as a whole. The book proceeds in three parts. First, it examines ancient Mediterranean practices of narration and characterization in relationship to the "Gospel", concluding with an analysis of the Johannine prologue. In the second and third parts, it investigates explicit appeals to Scripture that are made both in and outside of Jesus' discourses.Through these analyses, Myers contends that the pervasive presence of Scripture in quotations, allusions, and references acts as corroborating evidence supporting the evangelist's presentation of Jesus. Formerly the "Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement", this is 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. "The Early Christianity in Context" series, a part of "JSNTS", examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. "European Seminar on Christian Origins" and "Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement" are also part of "JSNTS".

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    • Author

      Dr Alicia D Myers

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      January 2012

    • Weight

      532g

    • Page Count

      252

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 17 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567238979

    • ISBN-10

      0567238970

    • Eden Code

      4025061

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    • Author/Creator: Dr Alicia D Myers

    • ISBN: 9780567238979

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: January 2012

    • Weight: 532g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 17 mm

    • Eden Code: 4025061

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