
The Questions of Jesus in John
Logic, Rhetoric and Persuasive Discourse
Douglas Charles Estes(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 19. October 2012
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-90-04-20510-9 (ISBN)
Description
Why do the New Testament gospels depict a Jesus who asks questions almost as often as he gives answers? In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a highly interdisciplinary theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern erotetics (the study of interrogatives) in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Gospel of John. While scholarly discussion about Jesus cares more for what he says, and not what he asks, Estes argues a better understanding of the rhetorical and dialectical roles of questions in ancient narratives sheds a more accurate light on both John's narrative art and Jesus' message in the Fourth Gospel.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
All interested in New Testament interpretation, the Gospel of John, narrative or rhetorical criticism, and the sayings of Jesus; plus anyone seeking to exegete ancient literature using ancient/modern language methods.
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-20510-9 (9789004205109)
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Douglas Estes, Ph.D. (2006) in Theology, University of Nottingham, is currently postdoctoral research fellow at the Dominican Biblical Institute, Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of several books including SimChurch (Zondervan, 2009) and The Temporal Mechanics of the Fourth Gospel (Brill, 2008).