{"product_id":"john-through-the-centuries-isbn-9780631229070","title":"John Through the Centuries","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTreats well-known interpreters such as Thomas Aquinas along with lesser-known figures such as the Gnostic Heracleon, and the sixth-century hymn-writer, Romanos.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures excerpts from a wide variety of poets who give a creative interpretation of John’s Gospel, and considers many artistic representations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggests that imaginative response can illuminate a reading of the Bible where purely critical and historical analysis has proved unsatisfactory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn accessible introduction and extensive section notes address interpretations of the Gospel from antiquity to the present.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePublished as part of the ground-breaking \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Bible Commentaries\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore information about this series is available from the Blackwell Bible Commentaries website at http:\/\/www.bbibcomm.net\/\u003c\/p\u003e  List of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: the Gospel and its Interpreters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist the Word: John 1.1-18.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Baptist’s Testimony: John 1.19-51.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSymbols of Purity: Chapter 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Birth: John 2.23-4.2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Samaritan: Chapter 4.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Healings and their Aftermath: 4.46-5.47.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBread from Heaven: Chapter 6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinistry in Jerusalem: Chapters 7 and 8.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParables of the Messiah: Chapters 9 and 10.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Raising of Lazarus: Chapter 11.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparing for Death: Chapters 12 and 13.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist and Spirit: Chapter 14.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValedictory: Chapters 15-17.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArrest and Trial: Chapter 18.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crucifixion: Chapter 19.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resurrection: Chapter 20.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Final Commission: Chapter 21.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Mark Edwards' \u003ci\u003eJohn\u003c\/i\u003e commentary breaks new ground in the field of the reception history of biblical texts. Displaying a remarkable knowledge of its different readings, he brings into dialogue 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 and learned survey of the history of Johannine interpretion.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Riches, Professor of Divinity with Biblical Criticism, University of Glasgow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An attractive inventory of exegetical opinion on one of the most important books of the NT. A true mine of information, published in a series that makes the life of researchers easier.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInternational Review of Biblical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The commentary provides a wonderful smorgasbord of readings and interpretations, drawn from all centuries. Thus the reader is put in touch with a representative sample of readings, interpretations and imaginative appropriations of the Gospel.” \u003ci\u003eAustralian Religious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In Edwards' hands ‘reception history’ becomes a feast of allusions and references around each Johannine text. The mixture is rich and provocative, making you want to read more and more.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Kysar, Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching and New Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Edwards has provided New Testament scholars with a valuable resource for understanding and appreciating the history of interpretation of the Fourth Gospel. The commentary makes a persusaive case for taking seriously the richness and the value of premodern exegetical insight, artistic interpretation, and reception history for understanding the biblical text, and I look forward to other commentaries appearing in the series.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam M. Wright, Emory Universitiy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is Tutor in Theology and Lecturer in Patristics at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. He is the author or translator of numerous volumes, including \u003ci\u003eOrigen against Plato\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).  This pioneering commentary, which includes a full consideration of the best of modern historical research on the Gospel of John, embraces the full scope of the Gospel, treating themes such as light, life, witness, judgement, and glory. Mark Edwards explores a diverse range of commentaries on, and creative responses to, the Gospel, including early interpretations by Church fathers and Gnostic theologians, medieval mystery plays and pageants, with particular emphasis on the treatment of the Gospel in English poetry. The diverse excerpts from a wide variety of poets enliven the text, suggesting that imaginative response can illuminate the Bible where purely critical analysis has proved unsatisfactory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e The lively style of the volume will appeal to both students and academics. The main issues discussed by contemporary scholars are handled in notes at the beginning and end of each section, and approaches to the Gospel as a whole – from antiquity to the present – are reviewed in the introduction. Through exploration of literature and the arts, this commentary offers an unrivalled account of the social and cultural importance of John's Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989491237093,"sku":"NP9780631229070","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631229070.jpg?v=1761784318","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/john-through-the-centuries-isbn-9780631229070","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}