Archetypes and the Fourth Gospel: Literature and Theology in Conversation

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
I. Introduction
	I.A. Opening remarks
	I.B. Experience, archetype, and archetypal literary criticism
	I.C. Theology, archetype, and conceptual prefigurement
	I.D. Archetypal criticism and the Fourth Gospel
	I.E. Goals, objectives, and qualifications
II. The Fourth Gospel, Jesus, and Romance
	II.A. Introduction
	II.B. Romance, the Fourth Gospel, and Jesus
		II.B.1. The Fourth Gospel as romance in critical opinion
		II.B.2. Basic elements of romance
	II.C. Romance motifs and the Fourth Gospel
		II.C.1. Dramatic qualities of marvel, risk, and triumphant adventure
		II.C.2. Emphasis on generation differences
		II.C.3. Abundant use of pageantry
		II.C.4. Claims to historical relevancy
		II.C.5. The wandering journey toward ``home''
		II.C.6. The essential piety of the main character
		II.C.7. The idealized male-female relationships
		II.C.8. The protagonist's mental agility
		II.C.9. Ever-present mingling of blessings and sorrows
		II.C.10. The directing influence of a supernatural higher power
		II.C.11. A distinguishing token or scar by which the hero or heroine will eventually be recognized
		II.C.12. Shipwreck or apparent loss
		II.C.13. Magical wonders
		II.C.14. Interlacing narrative
		II.C.15. An ending when the disparate strands are drawn together in a final reunion scene
	II.D. Structural/conceptual elements: Setting, plot/story, character
		II.D.1. Setting: Romance and realism in the FG
		II.D.2. Plot and story in romance
		II.D.3. Characters in romance
		II.D.3.a. Identity and self-determination
		II.D.3.b. Representation
		II.D.3.c. Other characters in the FG: Personal and theological encounters
	II.E. Conclusion
III. Tragedy and Pilate
	III.A. Introduction
	III.B. Pilate in the Fourth Gospel
		III.B.1. Pilate as a dynamic character
		III.B.2. The trial narrative as interpretative paradigm
	III.C. Narrative analysis 18:15-19:22
		III.C.1. Preface: The narrative context: 18:15-27
		III.C.2. Scene 1: Judicial concerns: 18:28-32
		III.C.3. Scene 2: From politics to truth: 18:33-38a
		III.C.4. Scene 3: Return to innocence: 18:38b-40
		III.C.5. Scene 4: Desperate measures: 19:1-3
		III.C.6. Scene 5: Revelation of divinity: 19:4-8
		III.C.7. Scene 6: Confirmation of divinity: 19:9-11
		III.C.8. Scene 7: Capitulation: 19:12-16
		III.C.9. Epilogue: 19:22
	III.D. Tragedy and Pilate
		III.D.1. Elements of audience reaction
			III.D.1.a. Fear and pity
			III.D.1.b. Catharsis
		III.D.2. Structural elements of tragedy
			III.D.2.a. Plot
			III.D.2.b. Character
			III.D.2.c. Hamartia
		III.D.3. Tragedy in Greek and Christian perspective
	III.E. Conceptual elements of tragedy
		III.E.1. Introduction
		III.E.2. The tragic clash
		III.E.3. Relative values: Knowledge and ignorance in tragedy
		III.E.4. Absolute values: Moral order in tragedy
		III.F. Conclusion
IV. Irony, Thomas, and the Jews
	IV.A. Introduction
	IV.B. Thomas and the Jews in the Fourth Gospel: Variations on the ironization of irony
		IV.B.1. Thomas and the ironization of the ironist: Seeing and not seeing and seeing
		IV.B.2. The Jews and the ironization of irony: Seeing without seeing
			IV.B.2.a. The Jews and symbolic narrative
			IV.B.2.b. The Jews in 4:43–6:71: The ironization of irony
	IV.C. Conceptual issues in irony
		IV.C.1. Survey and classification of studies of irony in the FG
		IV.C.2. Values and beliefs in irony
		IV.C.3. Positive, equivocal, and negative irony
			IV.C.3.a. Positive irony
			IV.C.3.b. Equivocal irony
			IV.C.3.c. Negative irony
	IV.D. Conclusion
V. Comedy and Peter
	V.A. Introduction
	V.B. Peter in the Fourth Gospel
		V.B.1. Peter as follower
		V.B.2. Peter as leader
			V.B.2.a. Peter in chapter 13
			V.B.2.b. Peter in chapter 18
			V.B.2.c. Peter in chapter 20
		V.B.3. Peter as follower and leader
			V.B.3.a. Peter in chapter 21
			V.B.3.b. Peter and the status of chapter 21
	V.C. The comic and Peter
		V.C.1. Introduction
		V.C.2. Elements of audience reaction
			V.C.2.a. Comic emotions: Sympathy and ridicule
			V.C.2.b. Laughter
		V.C.3. Structural elements of comedy
			V.C.3.a. Character
			V.C.3.b. Plot
	V.D. Conceptual elements of comedy
		V.D.1. Introduction
		V.D.2. Beliefs and frames of reference
		V.D.3. Frames of reference in conflict
		V.D.4. Comic reality
		V.D.5. Comedy and Christianity
	V.E. Conclusion
VI. Conclusion
	VI.A. Retrospect
	VI.B. Review
	VI.C. Results
	VI.D. Prospects
Bibliography
Index