Understanding the Fourth Gospel
Understanding the Fourth Gospel
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Summary
This study of St John's Gospel provides new answers to its two most important questions: the position of the Gospel in the history of Christian thought and its central or governing idea. It examines the Gospel from a variety of viewpoints: historical, literary and theological.
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Understanding the Fourth Gospel by John Ashton
This is the first comprehensive study of St John's Gospel for nearly forty years. The author provides new and coherent answers to its two most important questions: the position of the Gospel in the history of Christian thought, and its central or governing idea. In the course of the book, the author looks at the Gospel from a variety of viewpoints: historical, literary, and theological. The discussion is balanced and comprehensive and brings into play questions of origins, content, and readership. Detailed exegetical arguments that advance scholarly debate, and intricate questions of specialized concern, are for the most part dealt with conveniently in five major excursuses. All non-English sources are translated.
A splendid piece of scholarship, brilliant in conception and profound in argument Expository Times An important contribution to understanding the Gospel, which is likely to have profound influence on all future work in this fieldScottish Journal of Theology Essential reading ... lucid and ... illuminated by delightful turns of phrase. At a scholarly level ... this is a book to be reckoned with. Times Higher Education Supplement
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198263531 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198263538 |
| Title | Understanding the Fourth Gospel |
| Author | John Ashton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1993-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 616 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |