Tag: Johannine

Free Download Yan Ma, "Johannine Portrayal of Jesus: Mapping "I Am" in the Gospel of John "
English | ISBN: 9004715029 | 2024 | 292 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book introduces a new methodological framework based on the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics which can examine the linguistic features of the New Testament text. By applying a two-step discourse analysis model that includes a functional-semantic analysis and a rhetorical-relational analysis, this book argues that the twenty-eight occurrences of "I am" in Jesus’s utterances throughout the Gospel of John reinforce John’s portrayal of Jesus’s divinity. In the light of John’s construing of Jesus’s divinity, this new analysis of the Johannine "I am" phrases demonstrates how Johannine Christology is expressed through the narrative of John’s Gospel with various textual characteristics.

Free Download Stanley E. Porter, "The Johannine Prologue and Its Resonances "
English | ISBN: 9004698930 | 2024 | 320 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This volume is a collection of studies on the Johannine Prologue, particularly from the perspectives of source criticism, form criticism, functional criticism, and alternative criticism.

Free Download Robert Ignatius Letellier, "Johannine and Pauline Themes in the New Testament"
English | ISBN: 1527586308 | 2022 | 210 pages | PDF | 28 MB
This study presents themes deriving from the key contributions of the Apostles John and Paul to the New Testament. It examines the Gospel of John and aspects of the Letters and Theology of Paul. These cover chronology and authorship, contemporary contexts, use of rhetorical figures, the Christological hymns, and soteriological and moral concerns in the wider context of both the New Testament and the Old Testament. The approach is essentially synchronic, but also encompasses diachronic elements. Christological and tropological issues are examined afresh, especially in the light of the canonical approach, and in terms of imagery, symbolism and semiotic considerations. The person of Jesus and the teachings of the Christian Church still raise many questions and controversies. This book re-considers some of these in the light of recent scholarship, and finds new perspectives on the themes arising from the crucial contribution of both John and Paul to the Bible and Christian witness generally.