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Recognizing the stranger : recognition scenes in the Gospel of John /
"Recognizing the Stranger" is the first monographic study of recognition scenes and motifs in the Gospel of John. The recognition type-scene ("anagn?risis") was a common feature in ancient drama and narrative, highly valued by Aristotle as a touching moment of truth, e.g., in Oed...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Biblical interpretation series ;
v. 93. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Recognizing the Stranger" is the first monographic study of recognition scenes and motifs in the Gospel of John. The recognition type-scene ("anagn?risis") was a common feature in ancient drama and narrative, highly valued by Aristotle as a touching moment of truth, e.g., in Oedipus' tragic self-discovery and Odysseus' happy homecoming. The book offers a reconstruction of the conventions of the genre and argues that it is one of the most recurrent and significant literary forms in the Gospel. When portraying Jesus as the divine stranger from heaven, the Gospel employs and |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047433446 9047433440 1283060922 9781283060929 9786613060921 6613060925 |
| ISSN: | 0928-0731 ; |