Benjamin E Reynolds

John Among the Apocalypses

Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the 'Apocalyptic' Gospel

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Produktbeschreibung

John among the Apocalypses explains John's distinctive narrative of Jesus's life by comparing it to Jewish apocalypses and highlighting the central place of revelation in the Gospel. By engaging with modern genre theory, Reynolds reveals surprising similarities of form, content, and function between John's Gospel and Jewish apocalypses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780198784241
• ISBN-10: 0198784244
• Artikelnr.: 60323295

Autorenporträt

Benjamin E. Reynolds is Professor of New Testament at Tyndale University in Toronto. He is author of The Apocalyptic Son of Man in the Gospel of John (Mohr Siebeck, 2008), editor of The Son of Man Problem (T&T Clark, 2018), co-editor with Loren Stuckenbruck of The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought (Fortress, 2017), and co-editor with Gabriele Boccaccini of Reading the Gospel of John's Christology as Jewish Messianism: Royal, Prophetic, and Divine Messiahs (Brill, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Genre, 'Apocalypse', and the Gospel of John
2: The Manner of Revelation in Jewish Apocalypses and John
3: The Content of Revelation in Jewish Apocalypses and John
4: The Function of Revelation in Jewish Apocalypses and John
5: John's Gospel as 'Apocalyptic' Gospel
6: Interpreting the 'Apocalyptic' Gospel with Jewish Apocalypses
7: The 'Apocalyptic' Gospel and the Apocalypse of John
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Jewish Apocalypses
Appendix B: The Jewish Apocalypses and the Gospel of John