Dialogue in the Book of signs : : a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 / / by Johnson Thomaskutty.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume 136
• VerfasserIn: Thomaskutty, Johnson,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 136.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (558 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Dialogue in the Book of Signs offers a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. With the help of several synchronic methods, including genre, narrative, rhetorical, and dramatic studies, the author analyzes the content, form, and function of John’s dialogue. Thu...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• 1 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (1:19–2:12)
• 2 A Challenge and Riposte Dialogue (2:13–22)
• 3 A Pedagogical Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (3:1–21)
• 4 A Report-and-Defense Dialogue to a Narrative Commentary (3:22–36)
• 5 An Inter-Religious Dialogue in Dual-stage Setting (4:1–42)
• 6 A Request-Rebuke-Response Dialogue (4:43–54)
• 7 A Sign and a Controversy Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (5:1–47)
• 8 From Sign-centric Dialogues to Question-and-Answer Dialogues (6:1–71)
• 9 A Religious-Theological Dialogue Formed in a Series of Challenge-and-Riposte (7:1–52; 8:12–59)
• 10 A Dramatic Dialogue Leading to a Monologue and a Community Dialogue (9:1–10:21)
• 11 A Forensic Dialogue Develops from-Antithetical-to-Synonymous Mode (10:22–42)
• 12 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (11:1–53)
• 13 A Conflict-centric Dialogue as a Conclusion (11:54–12:50)
• Macro-level Analysis
• Concluding Remarks
• Bibliography
• Index of Authors
• Index of Ancient Sources.