01721nam a2200229   4500003000400000005001700004008004100021010001700062020002800079020002200107040000900129050002400138082002300162100002500185245006900210260005000279300002500329504005100354505020500405520082500610630005601435OSt20250508103844.0150206s1994    enk      b    001 0 eng    a   94016379   a0198263554 (alk. paper)  a019826979X (pbk.)  cEGST00aBS2615.2b.A73 199400a226.5 Ash 19942201 aAshton, John,d1931-10aStudying John :bapproaches to the fourth Gospel /cJohn Ashton.  aOxford ;aNew York :bClarendon Press,c1994.  axi, 226 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. The Transformation of Wisdom -- 2. The Jews in John -- 3. Bridging Ambiguities -- 4. The Signs Source -- 5. The Shepherd -- 6. Narrative Criticism -- 7. The Discovery of Wisdom -- 8. Studying John.  aIs historical criticism of the New Testament dead? In this telling collection of eight new studies on John's Gospel, John Ashton argues that this is very far from the case. Challenging the assumptions of methodologies which ignore the historical context in which the Gospel was composed, the author offers a spirited defence of historical criticism and provides practical demonstration of the many new insights which it has still to yield. The first two chapters treat in greater depth two key themes, the Prologue of John and the Jews, which appeared in the author's Understanding the Fourth Gospel. A third chapter is intended to supplement and correct this larger work. The rest of the book explores some of the serious theoretical weaknesses in much recent writing on the Gospel and makes some alternative proposals.00aBible.pN.T.pJohnxCriticism, interpretation, etc.