Ecclesiology and theosis in the gospel of John
John's Gospel directs attention to the vision of community. Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Byers, Andrew J., 1974-, Ecclesiology and theosis in the gospel of John] (2021) (Estes, Douglas, 1972 -)
[Rezension von: Byers, Andrew J., 1974-, Ecclesiology and theosis in the gospel of John] (2021) (Schulz, Charles R) |
| Series/Journal: | Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
v.167 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Ecclesiology
/ Deification
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Deification
B Shepherd B Church B Ecclesia B Ecclesiology B John |
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| Summary: | John's Gospel directs attention to the vision of community. Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Johannine Vision of Community: Trends, Approaches, and 'Narrative Ecclesiology' -- The Empty Search for a Formal Ecclesiology: Johannine Individualism and (Anti-)Institutionalism -- Ecclesiology as Aetiology: Historical Reconstructions of the Johannine Community -- 'Christocentricity': The Eclipse of Ecclesiology by Christology -- Ecclesiology as Sectarianism: The Relationship between Sociology and Theology -- 'Narrative Ecclesiology': Gospel Writing as Group Identity Formation -- Brief Overview of the Work's Structure -- Part I The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Prologue: No Churchless Christ, nor Christless Church -- 2 The Inclusive Divine Community: The Prologue's Reinterpretation of God and God's People -- Introduction to Part I -- The Prologue's Relationship to the Rest of the Gospel -- Reconceiving God: The Communal Vision of 'Dyadic Theology' (John 1:1-2, 18) -- Reconceiving God's People: Foundations of a Participatory Ecclesiology (John 1:3b-4 -- 9-18) -- Chapter Summary -- 3 The Ecclesiology of Filiation and the Incarnation -- The Ecclesiology of Divine-Human Filiation: Disambiguation and Intercalation -- The Ecclesiology of the Incarnation: Divine-Human Exchange and the Paired 'Becomings' (John 1:12-14) -- Chapter Summary -- 4 Characterizing the Prologue's Ecclesiology: The Ambiguation and Assimilation of John the Baptist -- John the Baptist as Christological Witness in the Prologue -- Ambiguation in the Identity and Voice of John the Baptist -- Christological Witness and Ecclesial Confession: John as a Representative of Both Israel and Johannine Christianity -- John the Baptist as Ecclesial Catalyst -- Summary of the Baptist's Ecclesial Function 5 The Prologue's 'Ecclesial Narrative Script': Ecclesiology as Story Arc -- The Plotline of Resocialization: A Survey of the Ecclesial Narrative Script -- Three Case Studies Demonstrating the Ecclesial Narrative Script -- The Shepherd Discourse as Parabolic Explanation of the Ecclesial Narrative Script (John 10:1-18) -- A Narrative Ecclesiology of Divine Participation: Chapter Summary and Conclusion to Part I -- Part II The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Shema: A Reappraisal of the Johannine Oneness Motif -- 6 The Shema as the Foundation for John's Theological Use of 'One': Identifying and Addressing Reservations -- Introduction to Part II -- The Shema and the Gospel of John: The State of the Question -- The Shema in Early Jewish Religious Life: The Evangelist's Potential Awareness of Deuteronomy 6:4 -- Other Possible Reservations in Accepting the Shema's Influence on John -- Chapter Summary -- 7 The Shema, John 17, and Jewish-Christian Identity: Oneness in Narrative Development -- Tracing the Narrative Development of 'One' in John 8-11: The Alternation between Oneness from Deuteronomy 6:4 and from Ezekiel 34 and 37 -- Jesus Prays the Shema: Oneness as Social Identity Construction in John 17 -- A Narrative Ecclesiology of Divine Association: Chapter Summary and Conclusion to Part II -- Part III John's Narrative Ecclesiology of Participation and Deification -- 8 The Fourth Gospel and Deification in Patristic Writings -- Introduction to Part III -- Deification as 'Foreground' for the Fourth Gospel -- The Fourth Gospel as a Background for Patristic Deification -- Chapter Summary -- 9 Johannine Theosis: Deification as Ecclesiology -- The Nature of Johannine Theosis: Jewish, Narrative, and Communal -- Boundaries within the Inclusive Divine Community -- The Prologue as a Deification Text Oneness as Deification: Narrative Ecclesiology in Psalm 82 and John 17 -- An Ecclesiology of Deification: Chapter Summary -- 10 Characterizing Johannine Theosis: Divinized Characters within the Narrative -- Theosis and the Ecclesial Narrative Script: The Prologue as the Frame for Johannine Characterization -- Reciprocity Statements and Inclusive Parallels: Mimesis as Theosis -- The Man Born Blind: Ἐγώ Εἰμι -- Peter and the Beloved Disciple: Ecclesial Conflict or Ecclesial Vision? -- 11 Narrative Pneumatology and Triadic Theology: The Spirit-Paraclete as the Character Who Divinizes Beyond the Narrative -- Narrative Pneumatology: The Spirit-Paraclete as a Johannine Character -- The Spirit-Paraclete and the Triadic Divine Identity -- Narrative Pneumatology and Johannine Ecclesiology: The Spirit-Paraclete as Source and Agent of Corporate Deification -- Chapter Summary -- Conclusion -- 12 John's Narrative Ecclesiology of Deification: A Synthesis -- Eleven Summary Statements on Johannine Ecclesiology -- Questions for Further Reflection (and Implications for Biblical Studies, Theology, and Ecumenism) -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Texts |
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| ISBN: | 1316837246 |