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Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John: 93 (Biblical Studies & Religious Studies) - Softcover

Book 4 of 6: Biblical Studies & Religious Studies

Larsen, Kasper Bro

 
9789004226883: Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John: 93 (Biblical Studies & Religious Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9004226885 ISBN 13: 9789004226883
Publisher: Brill, 2012

Synopsis

Recognizing the Stranger is the first monographic study of recognition scenes and motifs in the Gospel of John. The recognition type-scene (anagnōrisis) was a common feature in ancient drama and narrative, highly valued by Aristotle as a touching moment of truth, e.g., in Oedipus’ tragic self-discovery and Odysseus’ happy homecoming. The book offers a reconstruction of the conventions of the genre and argues that it is one of the most recurrent and significant literary forms in the Gospel. When portraying Jesus as the divine stranger from heaven, the Gospel employs and transforms the formal and ideological structures of the type-scene in order to show how Jesus’ true identity can be recognized behind the half-mask of his human appearance.

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About the Author

Kasper Bro Larsen, Ph.D. (2006) is Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published on various topics related to early Christianity, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, wisdom literature, and the Gospel of John.

From the Back Cover

"Recognizing the Stranger" is the first monographic study of recognition scenes and motifs in the Gospel of John. The recognition type-scene ("anagnArisis") was a common feature in ancient drama and narrative, highly valued by Aristotle as a touching moment of truth, e.g., in Oedipusa (TM) tragic self-discovery and Odysseusa (TM) happy homecoming. The book offers a reconstruction of the conventions of the genre and argues that it is one of the most recurrent and significant literary forms in the Gospel. When portraying Jesus as the divine stranger from heaven, the Gospel employs and transforms the formal and ideological structures of the type-scene in order to show how Jesusa (TM) true identity can be recognized behind the half-mask of his human appearance.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004226885
ISBN 13 
9789004226883
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
280