| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 167
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 167.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-169) and indexes. |
| Summary |
In a narrative about Jesus, a character like John the Baptist would not be expected to play a role much beyond that of providing a baptism for Jesus. Yet the Matthaean narrator finds several other uses for John in the development of the narrative, not only while he is still alive, but also after he is dead. In examining John's role, Yamasaki deploys an audience-oriented critical methodology, an approach that chronicles the narrator's efforts to influence first-time readers' experience of the narrative as they proceed sequentially through the text. He traces John's characterization as 'forerunn. |
| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I A NEW APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST; Chapter 1 HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON JOHN THE BAPTIST; Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY; Chapter 3 STRUCTURE; Part II EXEGESIS; Chapter 4 PRE-INFORMATION; Chapter 5 JOHN: ALIVE AND WELL; Chapter 6 JOHN: BOUND AND DETERMINED; Chapter 7 JOHN: DEAD AND GONE; CONCLUSIONS; Appendix A TEXT-CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MATTHEW 21.29-31; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
John, the Baptist, Saint.
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John, the Baptist, Saint. |
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Bible. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Matthew. |
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Bible. Matthew -- Criticism, Textual. |
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Jean-Baptiste, saint -- Enseignement biblique. |
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Bible. Matthieu -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Matthew. |
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Jean-Baptiste, (...-0028; saint) |
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Bible. Évangiles Matthieu -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yamasaki, Gary. John the Baptist in life and death. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1998 1850759162 (DLC) 99158847 (OCoLC)40669878 |
| ISBN |
9780567286376 (electronic book) |
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0567286371 (electronic book) |
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1283195720 |
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9781283195720 |
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1850759162 |
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9781850759164 |
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