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From Tomb to Text

The Body of Jesus in the Book of John [Hardback]

by Christina Petterson

    • Author

      Christina Petterson

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      December 2016

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    The idea of writing plays a central role in John. Apart from the many references to scriptural texts, John also emphasizes the role of writing in the inscription on the cross. And then, in the last two chapters of the Gospel, the text points to itself as the place of revelation, as well as to its author. Petterson's From Tomb to Text examines what this means for the understanding of the Johannine Jesus in two interrelated ways. First, From Tomb to Text takes these claims to revelation through writing seriously, noting the immense effort expended by biblical scholars in order to disregard them and to produce a canonically palatable John. With few exceptions, Johannine studies have consistently attempted to domesticate or tame John's book through reference to, and in harmony with, an externalized historical reality or with a synoptic pattern. Second, the study suggests alternative ways of understanding John once this historical compulsion has been dissolved. Petterson argues that John's Jesus is unacceptable to the project for the recovery of 'Early Christianity' as imagined in Johannine research over the last 70 years or so.
    Instead, she shows how John produces itself as the vehicle of Jesus' revelation in place of a body. This takes place through its use of writing, its characteristic use of verbs and syntax, and its mode of revelation. The book thus situates John in a context that does not begin with, and thus attempts to be, unconstrained by fixed categories of Christ, gnosticism, Eucharist body and flesh, and shows how such readings curtail the fullness of the revelation of the text in favour of a more familiar earthly Jesus. Petterson concludes by outlining ways in which John can be read if these containment strategies are disregarded.

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    • Author

      Christina Petterson

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      December 2016

    • Weight

      441g

    • Page Count

      160

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 13 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567670557

    • ISBN-10

      0567670554

    • Eden Code

      4450438

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    • Author/Creator: Christina Petterson

    • ISBN: 9780567670557

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: December 2016

    • Weight: 441g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 13 mm

    • Eden Code: 4450438


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