"What Is John?": Readers and Readings of the Fourth Gospel

\"What is John?\" READERS AND READINGS OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 12
PART I: READERS AND READINGS OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL......Page 13
LITERARY APPROACHES......Page 15
Historical and Implied Readers......Page 17
Spectrum of Readers and Readings......Page 21
Reading the Good Shepherd Discourse......Page 24
Conclusion......Page 30
Methodology: First-Time Reader......Page 33
A First Reader Examination of John 3:1-15......Page 36
Reflections on a First Reading Experience of John 3:1-15......Page 41
The Making of a Metaphor-The Metaphors of John 3:1-15......Page 48
Current Literary Studies in the Gospel......Page 55
A Psycho-Literary Model of Reading the Fourth Gospel......Page 58
The Model Applied: Toward a Psycho-Literary Reading of the Fourth Gospel......Page 63
Conclusion......Page 69
Re-Reading Reader Criticism: Experiments in the New Testament......Page 71
Reading Myself: An Experimental Metaphor......Page 82
Reading the Text: An Exegetical Drama (John 18:1-19:42)......Page 89
Post Mortem Reflections......Page 112
THEOLOGICAL APPROACHES......Page 117
5. R. ALAN CULPEPPER: The Gospel of John as a Document of Faith in a Pluralistic Culture......Page 119
Challenges to Gospel as Document of Faith......Page 120
The Gospel and the Jews......Page 124
Concluding Commellts......Page 137
Spirituality and Anti-Judaism......Page 141
Facing Johannine Anti-Jewishness......Page 143
The Metaphysical Agenda......Page 148
The Metaphorical Process......Page 151
The Role of the Reader......Page 154
The Victimization of the Jews......Page 159
Epilogue......Page 164
7. SANDRA M. SCHNEIDERS: John 20:11-18: The Encounter of the Easter Jesus with Mary Magdalene-A Transformative Feminist Reading......Page 167
Placing the Mary Magdalene Episode within John 20......Page 168
The Structure of John 20:11-18 and Its Position in the Tradition......Page 170
Conclusion......Page 180
8. D. MOODY SMITH: Prolegomena to a Canonical Reading of the Fourth Gospel......Page 181
John and the Synoptics......Page 182
Canonical Reading......Page 184
Gospel of John as Central Canonical and Hermeneutical Event......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 193
PART II: THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AT THE CLOSE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY......Page 195
First Question: Sectarian/ Trans-sectarian Themes......Page 197
Second Question: Ambiguous/ Absolute Truth Claims......Page 199
Concluding Remarks......Page 200
10. J. RAMSEY MICHAELS: The Gospel of John as a Kinder, Gentler Apocalypse for the 20th Century......Page 203
11. GAIL R. O\'DAY: Johannine Theology as Sectarian Theology......Page 211
Question of Anti-Judaism......Page 217
Character of Johannine Messianism......Page 219
Women and Political Resistance......Page 221
13. FERNANDO F. SEGOVIA: The Gospel at the Close of the Century: Engagement from the Diaspora......Page 223
Character of Dialogue......Page 224
Dialogue with John......Page 226
Conclusion......Page 228
14. D. MOODY SMITH: What Have I Learned about the Gospel of John?......Page 229
What I Do Know About the Gospel......Page 230
Postscript......Page 244
Reading-Strategies and Constructs......Page 249
What is John?......Page 254
Concluding Reflection......Page 288
Index of Citations......Page 291
Index of Authors......Page 301