Rhetoric and theology : figural reading of John 9 / / William M. Wright IV.

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Superior document:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche, Bd. 165
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Beiheft 165.
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Physical Description:xi, 248 p.
Notes:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • John 9 as a two-level drama in contemporary scholarship
  • J. Louis Martyn's analysis of John 9 in history and theology in the Fourth Gospel
  • The starting point for history and theology in the Fourth Gospel
  • John 9 as a two-level drama
  • Setting a new course for Johannine studies
  • Martyn's contribution in context
  • Martyn's influence in historical studies
  • Martyn's influence in social oriented studies
  • Martyn's influence in literary critical studies
  • The critique of Martyn's hypothesis
  • Historical critique
  • Hermeneutical critique
  • The critique of the two-level reading strategy as allegory
  • Substance of the critique
  • Deficiencies in the allegory critique
  • Coclusions
  • The two-level reading strategy as figural exegesis
  • Improving the allegory critique
  • Recent scholarship on premodern Christian exegesis : a resource for new categories
  • Figural reading
  • Grammatical reading
  • Reframing the allegory critique
  • Augustine and J. Louis Martyn reading John 9
  • Augustine's tract. Ev. Jo. 44 in context
  • Augustine's interpretation of John 9 in tract. Ev. Jo. 44
  • Comparing the reading strategies of Augustine and Martyn
  • Implications and possibilities
  • Four premodern interpretations of John 9
  • The value of premodern exegetes for New Testament studies
  • John Chrysostom
  • Chrysostom's homilies 56-59 on the Gospel of John in context
  • Chrysostom on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
  • Chrysostom on the internal dynamics of John 9
  • Chrysostom's theological interpretation of John 9
  • Cyril of Alexandria
  • Cyril's commentary on the Gospel of John in context
  • Cyril on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
  • Cyril on the internal dynamics of John 9
  • Cyril's theological interpretation of John 9
  • Bruno of Segni
  • Bruno's commentary on John in context
  • Bruno on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
  • Bruno on the internal dynamics of John 9
  • Bruno's theological interpretation of John 9
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • Aquinas' lectures on John in context : exegesis in the medieval university
  • Aquinas on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
  • Aquinas on the internal dynamics of John 9
  • Aquinas' theological interpretation of John 9
  • Conclusions
  • Figural argumentation in John 9
  • Elaborated chreia and symbolic expression in Greco-Roman literary composition
  • Chreia composition and elaborated argument
  • Greco-Roman symbolic literary composition
  • The figural argument in John 9:1-41
  • John 9:1-7
  • John 9:8-12
  • John 9:13-17
  • John 9:18-23
  • John 9:24-34
  • John 9:35-38
  • John 9:39-41
  • Conclusion
  • Narrative rhetoric, theology, and figural reading
  • The narrative and rhetorical dimensions of John 9
  • The narrative dynamics of John 9
  • An integration of epideictic and forensic rhetoric
  • The figural dynamic and John's theology
  • The inseparability of form and content in John's theology
  • The figural dynamic and the incarnation
  • Reading John's figural dynamic
  • Conclusion.