The Gospel of John in Cultural and Rhetorical Perspective
Overview
Given all that has been written about the Gospel of John over the past 20 centuries, can anything more possibly be said about it? Yes, says Jerome Neyrey—by reading this "maverick Gospel" in terms of ancient rhetoric and cultural anthropology.
By interpreting the text in these two fresh ways, Neyrey distinctively illuminates the Gospel of John, casting new light on its theological message and on such topics as Jesus practice of secrecy, foot-washing as transformation ritual, and the Jewish background of Jesus equality with God. Neyrey’s scholarly study will certainly educate—and at times provoke—attentive readers.
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- Interprets the text of John in two fresh ways
- Addresses Jesus’ practice of secrecy, the equality of Jesus and God, as well as transformation rituals
- Engages with the text in terms of ancient rhetoric and cultural anthropology
- Part One: The Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: Major Perspectives
- Encomiumvs. Vituperation: Contrasting Portraits of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
- Role and Status in the Fourth Gospel: Cutting through Confusion
- Spaces and Places,Whence andWhither,Homes and Rooms: “Territoriality” in the Fourth Gospel
- Part Two: Narrative Episodes in Focus
- “Are You Greater than Our Father Jacob?”: Jesus and Jacob in John 1:51 and 4:4-26
- “HeMust Increase, IMust Decrease” (John 3:30): A Cultural and Social Interpretation
- What’sWrong with This Picture?: John 4, Cultural Stereotypes of Women, and Public and Private Space
- “Equal to God” (John 5:18): Jesus and God’s Two Powers in the Fourth Gospel
- The Trials (Forensic) and Tribulations (Honor Challenges) of Jesus: John 7 in Social Science Perspective
- Jesus the Judge: Forensic Process in John 8:21-59
- Secrecy, Deception, and Revelation: Information Control in the Fourth Gospel
- The “Noble” Shepherd in John 10: Cultural and Rhetorical Background
- “I Said: You Are Gods”: Psalm 82:6 and John 10
- “In Conclusion . . .”: John 12 as a Rhetorical “Peroratio”
- The Footwashing in John 13:6-11: Transformation Ritual or Ceremony?
- Worship in the Fourth Gospel: A Cultural Interpretation of John 14–17
- “Despising the Shame of the Cross”: Honor and Shame in the Johannine Passion Narrative
- Part Three: Jesus vis-à-vis God: Agent or Equal?
- “My Lord andMy God”: The Heavenly Character of Jesus in John’s Gospel
- “I Amthe Door” (John 10:7, 9): Jesus the Broker in the Fourth Gospel
Top Highlights
“Contrary to the charge in 5:18, the proper statement should be ‘God makes Jesus equal to himself.’” (Page 180)
“four forms of worship: prayer, prophecy, homily, judgment” (Page 379)
“the brothers belong to ‘the world’ which ‘hates’ Jesus” (Page 194)
“First, the author Fourth Gospel knows the traditional code for praising persons as is found in the encomium exercise in the progymnasmata. Second, the Fourth Gospel uses this rhetorical manner in a sly and clever manner because there are two encomia in the narrative: one characterizes outsiders who see things literally and inadequately (= vituperation) and another represents insiders who know what is going on, glory in their secrets and smirk at the outsiders (= encomium).” (Page 4)
“for praising a person according to fixed, regular categories (origins, parents, nurture, virtues, and death” (Page 3)
- Title: The Gospel of John in Cultural and Rhetorical Perspective
- Author: Jerome H. Neyrey
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Publication Date: 2009
- Pages: 509
- Resource Type: Monographs
- Topic: Johannine Studies