John as Divine Romance

Reading the Fourth Gospel with the Ancient Novel

Eric Foster-Whiddon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2026
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-74053-2 (ISBN)

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Why does the Gospel of John tell its story of Jesus the way that it does? Informed by semiotic theory, Eric Foster-Whiddon reads the Fourth Gospel in comparison with the Greek novel Callirhoe, observing how recognition, beauty, travel, and love function in both narratives as intertextual frames that pressure the reader to infer meaning. Analysis of these intertextual frames informs a hypothetical recovery of the cultural encyclopedia from which authors and (more importantly for this study) readers in first-century western Asia Minor would draw when composing or interpreting a story like the Gospel of John or Callirhoe.

Eric Foster-Whiddon (Ph.D., St Andrews) is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of Graduate Studies in Ministry at Tabor College. He researches the New Testament and early Christian writings in their ancient philosophical and literary contexts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.5.2026
Reihe/Serie	Biblical Interpretation Series ; 236
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-04-74053-8 / 9004740538
ISBN-13	978-90-04-74053-2 / 9789004740532
Zustand	Neuware