Revelation in the Fourth Gospel: And Eight Johannine Essays - Hardcover

by Gail R. O'Day (Author), Paul N. Anderson (Editor), R. Alan Culpepper (Author)

About this Book: Gail R. O'Day's Revelation in the Fourth Gospel set the stage for a new literary paradigm in Johannine studies, which has carried over into disciplinary advances in gospel criticism overall. With the addition of eight key Johannine essays and a state-of-the-art introduction by Alan Culpepper, this new publication as Volume 9 in the Johannine Monograph Series advances a fuller appreciation of her important work on John and new-literary biblical analyses overall. From the Preface: What becomes apparent in an overview of Gail O'Day's work is her keen analysis of relations and functions of literary themes and features within the Gospel of John, as they further its rhetorical thrust, elucidating its meaning. Whereas diachronic approaches to John have tended to compartmentalize and divide sections and literary forms, O'Day shows time and again how things worked synchronically within John's story of Jesus, challenging misinterpretations and opening doors to understanding more fully its message. The present collection highlights the dialectics between narrative and theology, time and space, and characters and plot in the Fourth Gospel, clarifying their tensive presentations within this classic narrative.

Author Biography

Gail R. O'Day served as Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.



R. Alan Culpepper serves as Dean Emeritus of the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.



Paul N. Anderson serves Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University and as Extraordinary Professor of Religion at the North-West University of Potchefstroom, South Africa.