Mark Edwards, M. J. Edwards

Broschiertes Buch

John

Beschreibung

This pioneering commentary embraces the full scope and themes raised in John s Gospel, offering an engaging and perceptive reading. Mark Edwards explores a diverse range of excerpts and creative responses, with particular emphasis on the treatment of the Gospel in English poetry.
Explores the diverse themes and issues raised in John's Gospel, and considers its influence on figures from Saint Augustine, to Dorothy Sayers and Bob Dylan.
Treats well-known interpreters such as Thomas Aquinas along with lesser-known figures such as the Gnostic Heracleon, and the sixth-century hymn-writer, Romanos.
Brings ancient and modern commentators into dialogue with each other, and takes a critical stance towards some parallels drawn by modern scholars between the Gospel and the surrounding pagan culture.
Features excerpts from a wide variety of poets who give a creative interpretation of John's Gospel, and considers many artistic representations.
Suggests that imaginative response can illuminatea reading of the Bible where purely critical and historical analysis has proved unsatisfactory.
An accessible introduction and extensive section notes address interpretations of the Gospel from antiquity to the present.
Published as part of the ground-breaking Blackwell Bible Commentaries series.
More information about this series is available from the Blackwell Bible Commentaries website at http://www.bbibcomm.net

Autor

Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling book "Animal Moves" and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health. Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity fun while getting healthier in the process. He blogs at PrimalPlay.com

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Bible Commentaries
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780631229070
• ISBN-10: 0631229078
• Artikelnr.: 13618353

Rezensionen

"Mark Edwards' John commentary breaks new ground in thefield of the reception history of biblical texts. Displaying aremarkable knowledge of its different readings, he brings intodialogue the most diverse and unexpected commentators on the text:bishops, scholars, devotional writers, poets, artists,hymn-writers, and provides the whole with a wonderfully lucid andlearned survey of the history of Johannine interpretion."
John Riches, Professor of Divinity with Biblical Criticism,University of Glasgow

"An attractive inventory of exegetical opinion on one of themost important books of the NT. A true mine of information,published in a series that makes the life of researcherseasier."
International Review of Biblical

Studies

"The commentary provides a wonderful smorgasbord ofreadings and interpretations, drawn from all centuries. Thus thereader is put in touch with a representative sample of readings,interpretations and imaginative appropriations of theGospel." Australian Religious Studies Review

"In Edwards' hands 'reception history' becomes afeast of allusions and references around each Johannine text. Themixture is rich and provocative, making you want to read more andmore."
Robert Kysar, Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching and NewTestament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

"Edwards has provided New Testament scholars with a valuableresource for understanding and appreciating the history ofinterpretation of the Fourth Gospel. The commentary makes apersusaive case for taking seriously the richness and the value ofpremodern exegetical insight, artistic interpretation, andreception history for understanding the biblical text, and I lookforward to other commentaries appearing in the series."
William M. Wright, Emory Universitiy