Editorial Reviews
Book Description
In contrast to the common opinion that the Johannine Farewell Discourses represent solely the Jewish genre of the Testament, George Parsenios argues that features of the discourses are misread or missed completely apart from Greco-Roman literature. Evidence from classical drama, for instance, assists in reading Jesus' return to the Father as a dramatic exit and, further, accounts for the puzzling delay of Jesus at 14:31 without recourse to redaction theories. Consolation literature and the literary symposium emphasize Jesus' continuing and consoling presence, with particular attention to the Paraclete's role as doppelgänger. The thread that binds the various chapters into a coherent whole, therefore, is the utility of classical literature in clarifying Jesus' consoling presence even after his departure to the Father.
Readership: All those interested in the Gospel of John, the interaction between early Christian and classical literature, and literary analysis of the New Testament.
About the Author
George L. Parsenios, Ph.D. (2003) in New Testament, Yale University, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Departure and Consolation: The Johannine Farewell Discourses in Light of Greco-Roman (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) (Supplements to Novum Testamentum),George L. Parsenios,Brill Academic Publishers,9004142789,Bible,Bible - Study - New Testament,Christianity - History - General,Farewells in literature,Farewells in the Bible,Greek literature, Hellenistic,History and criticism,Interior Design - General,John XIII-XVII,Language, style,Literary Criticism,N.T,Religion,Religion - Biblical Studies,Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis,Books of the New Testament,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
Book Contents:
Recommended Books