Rhetoric and Theology: Figural Reading of John 9

William M. Wright

Published by De Gruyter 2009

Rhetoric and Theology

Figural Reading of John 9

William M. Wright

Volume 165 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110221640

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About this book

This monograph on John 9 makes extensive use of premodern Christian exegesis as a resource for New Testament studies. The study reframes the existing critique of the two-level reading of John 9 as allegory in terms of premodern exegetical practices. It offers a hermeneutical critique of the two-level reading strategy as a kind of figural exegesis, rather than historical reconstruction, through an extensive comparison with Augustine’s interpretation of John 9. A review of several premodern Christian readings of John 9 suggests an alternative way of understanding this account in terms of Greco-Roman rhetoric. John 9 resembles the rhetorical argumentation associated with chreia elaboration and the complete argument to display Jesus’ identity as the Light of the World. This analysis illustrates the inseparability of form and content, rhetoric and theology, in the Fourth Gospel.

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William M. Wright IV, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Chapter 1. John 9 as a Two-Level Drama in Contemporary Scholarship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. The Two-Level Reading Strategy as Figural Exegesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Chapter 3. Four Premodern Interpretations of John 9 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Chapter 4. Figural Argumentation in John 9 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter 5. Narrative Rhetoric, Theology, and Figural Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 248
Keywords: Gospel of John; Ancient Rhetoric; History of Interpretation; Progymnasmata; Two-Level Drama

eBook

Published: December 15, 2009
ISBN: 9783110221640

Hardcover

Published: October 16, 2009
ISBN: 9783110221633