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Come and Read

Interpretive Approaches to the Gospel of John

Edited by Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey - Contributions by Helen K. Bond; Jo-Ann A. Brant; Sherri Brown; Warren Carter; Lindsey S. Jodrey; Craig S. Keener; Craig R. Koester; Kasper Bro Larsen; Dorothy A. Lee; Alicia D. Myers; Angela N. Parker and Catrin H. Williams

Come and Read is a unique volume that both introduces numerous interpretive approaches to the Bible and includes examples in action with contributions from top scholars in the field. The book takes up three different passages throughout John’s Gospel—John 1:1–18, John 10, and John 20—and sets four different approaches to each passage side-by-side. The three selected texts move readers through the Gospel story and represent the three major sub-genres featured in the Gospel. John’s Prologue (1:1–18) is written in poetic style; John 10 represents a major discourse; and John 20 takes the form of dramatic narrative prose. Each section of the book includes readings on the focus passage from the same four interpretive perspectives: intertextual, sociocultural, rhetorical, and narrative. These approaches are broadly conceived to showcase varieties present even within approaches and how these ways of reading are connected to and benefit from one another. Overall, this book provides insight into current interpretive practices on the Gospel of John, and the rest of the Bible. It demonstrates how to use these methods effectively, illustrating not only the value of using a variety of approaches for interpretation, but also how methods impact the interpretations rendered.
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Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
Pages: 246 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-9787-0747-4 • Hardback • December 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-9787-0749-8 • Paperback • May 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-9787-0748-1 • eBook • December 2019 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Series: Interpreting Johannine Literature
Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
Alicia D. Myers is associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Campbell University Divinity School.

Lindsey S. Jodrey is associate director of digital learning at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Come and Read: An Introduction to Methods of Johannine Interpretation

Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey



Part 1: John 1:1-18

1.A Narrative Reading

Beginnings: Introducing the Narrative of the Word through the Prologue of John’s Gospel

Sherri Brown

2.A Sociocultural Reading

John 1 Beyond the Binary

Lindsey S. Jodrey

3.An Intertextual Reading

Revealing the Fuller Word

Craig S. Keener

4.A Rhetorical Reading

Ambiguity as a Rhetorical Strategy in the Prologue to John’s Gospel

Jo-Ann A. Brant

Part 2: John 10

5.A Narrative Reading

The Parable of the Sheepfold: A Narrative Reading of John 10

Dorothy A. Lee

6.A Sociocultural Reading

Jesus the Good Shepherd: John 10 as Political Rhetoric

Warren Carter

7.An Intertextual Reading

Persuasion through Allusion: Evocations of “Shepherd(s)” and their Rhetorical Impact in John 10

Catrin H. Williams

8.A Rhetorical Reading

Discerning Characters: Parrēsia, Paroimia, and Jesus’s Rhetoric in John 10:1–21

Alicia D. Myers



Part 3: John 20

9.A Narrative Reading

Narrative-Critical Interpretation of John 20

Craig R. Koester

10.A Sociocultural Reading

Reading Mary Magdalene with Stacey Abrams: Developing an Inclusive National Consciousness

Angela N. Parker

11.An Intertextual Reading

Recognition and “Those Who Have Not Seen”: John’s Reception of Synoptic Resurrection

Narratives

Helen K. Bond

12.A Rhetorical Reading

Rhetorical Vividness in John 20: Making Jesus Present before the Eyes

Kasper Bro Larson
Four approaches, three chapters in the Gospel of John. Students become acquainted with John, see how the Prologue, John 10, and John 20 can be interpreted applying narrative, intertextual, sociocultural, and rhetorical criticism, and discover the range of perspectives embraced by each of these approaches. Come and Read is an apt title for this inviting, fresh, conversation-fostering collection of essays.
— R. Alan Culpepper, Mercer University


New Testament scholarship has long been a methodologically obsessed discipline, though it has often been true that practitioners of various approaches have not engaged in constructive dialogue with one another. This creative and substantive volume aims to redress that division by putting multiple reading strategies side-by-side in order to demonstrate their potential to illumine the text of the Fourth Gospel. Each member of this stellar cast of contributors is attuned to different nuances of the text in a way that beckons you to “come and read.” I love this book!
— Christopher W. Skinner, Loyola University Chicago


What meaning we get from the Bible depends on what questions we ask. In this well-conceived and well-executed book, readers will learn this vital but underappreciated truth through clear and consistent presentation of different ways to read the Gospel of John. The book shows that the most generative interpretations are not exclusive but rather allow multiple questions to be asked: a multi-faceted approach yields the more interpretative fruit. This book will be of enormous use in classrooms and for anyone trying to understand the richness of the Bible.
— Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Princeton Theological Seminary


Come and Read

Interpretive Approaches to the Gospel of John

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Come and Read is a unique volume that both introduces numerous interpretive approaches to the Bible and includes examples in action with contributions from top scholars in the field. The book takes up three different passages throughout John’s Gospel—John 1:1–18, John 10, and John 20—and sets four different approaches to each passage side-by-side. The three selected texts move readers through the Gospel story and represent the three major sub-genres featured in the Gospel. John’s Prologue (1:1–18) is written in poetic style; John 10 represents a major discourse; and John 20 takes the form of dramatic narrative prose. Each section of the book includes readings on the focus passage from the same four interpretive perspectives: intertextual, sociocultural, rhetorical, and narrative. These approaches are broadly conceived to showcase varieties present even within approaches and how these ways of reading are connected to and benefit from one another. Overall, this book provides insight into current interpretive practices on the Gospel of John, and the rest of the Bible. It demonstrates how to use these methods effectively, illustrating not only the value of using a variety of approaches for interpretation, but also how methods impact the interpretations rendered.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
    Pages: 246 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
    978-1-9787-0747-4 • Hardback • December 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
    978-1-9787-0749-8 • Paperback • May 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-9787-0748-1 • eBook • December 2019 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Series: Interpreting Johannine Literature
    Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
Author
Author
  • Alicia D. Myers is associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Campbell University Divinity School.

    Lindsey S. Jodrey is associate director of digital learning at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Come and Read: An Introduction to Methods of Johannine Interpretation

    Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey



    Part 1: John 1:1-18

    1.A Narrative Reading

    Beginnings: Introducing the Narrative of the Word through the Prologue of John’s Gospel

    Sherri Brown

    2.A Sociocultural Reading

    John 1 Beyond the Binary

    Lindsey S. Jodrey

    3.An Intertextual Reading

    Revealing the Fuller Word

    Craig S. Keener

    4.A Rhetorical Reading

    Ambiguity as a Rhetorical Strategy in the Prologue to John’s Gospel

    Jo-Ann A. Brant

    Part 2: John 10

    5.A Narrative Reading

    The Parable of the Sheepfold: A Narrative Reading of John 10

    Dorothy A. Lee

    6.A Sociocultural Reading

    Jesus the Good Shepherd: John 10 as Political Rhetoric

    Warren Carter

    7.An Intertextual Reading

    Persuasion through Allusion: Evocations of “Shepherd(s)” and their Rhetorical Impact in John 10

    Catrin H. Williams

    8.A Rhetorical Reading

    Discerning Characters: Parrēsia, Paroimia, and Jesus’s Rhetoric in John 10:1–21

    Alicia D. Myers



    Part 3: John 20

    9.A Narrative Reading

    Narrative-Critical Interpretation of John 20

    Craig R. Koester

    10.A Sociocultural Reading

    Reading Mary Magdalene with Stacey Abrams: Developing an Inclusive National Consciousness

    Angela N. Parker

    11.An Intertextual Reading

    Recognition and “Those Who Have Not Seen”: John’s Reception of Synoptic Resurrection

    Narratives

    Helen K. Bond

    12.A Rhetorical Reading

    Rhetorical Vividness in John 20: Making Jesus Present before the Eyes

    Kasper Bro Larson
Reviews
Reviews
  • Four approaches, three chapters in the Gospel of John. Students become acquainted with John, see how the Prologue, John 10, and John 20 can be interpreted applying narrative, intertextual, sociocultural, and rhetorical criticism, and discover the range of perspectives embraced by each of these approaches. Come and Read is an apt title for this inviting, fresh, conversation-fostering collection of essays.
    — R. Alan Culpepper, Mercer University


    New Testament scholarship has long been a methodologically obsessed discipline, though it has often been true that practitioners of various approaches have not engaged in constructive dialogue with one another. This creative and substantive volume aims to redress that division by putting multiple reading strategies side-by-side in order to demonstrate their potential to illumine the text of the Fourth Gospel. Each member of this stellar cast of contributors is attuned to different nuances of the text in a way that beckons you to “come and read.” I love this book!
    — Christopher W. Skinner, Loyola University Chicago


    What meaning we get from the Bible depends on what questions we ask. In this well-conceived and well-executed book, readers will learn this vital but underappreciated truth through clear and consistent presentation of different ways to read the Gospel of John. The book shows that the most generative interpretations are not exclusive but rather allow multiple questions to be asked: a multi-faceted approach yields the more interpretative fruit. This book will be of enormous use in classrooms and for anyone trying to understand the richness of the Bible.
    — Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Princeton Theological Seminary


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