Ethics in the Gospel of John, : Discipleship as Moral Progress

• Autore: Sookgoo Shin
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 pages)
• Disciplina: 226.506
• Soggetto topico: Ethics in the Bible
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Moral Transformation in Worldview -- Introduction -- Exploring Ancient Moral Landscapes -- Reading the Story of Nicodemus Ethically -- Reading the Story of the Samaritan Woman Ethically -- Reading the Story of the Man Born Blind Ethically -- Summary of Part 1 -- Moral Transformation in Behaviour -- Embodying Christlikeness -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Ethics in the Gospel of John Sookgoo Shin seeks to challenge the dominant scholarly view of John’s ethics as an ineffective and unhelpful companion for moral formation. In order to demonstrate the relevance of John’s ethics, Shin argues that the development of discipleship in John’s Gospel should be understood as moral progress, which was a well-known moral concept in the ancient Mediterranean world. Having drawn an ethical model from the writings of Plutarch, this study aims to identify the undergirding ethical dynamic that shapes John’s moral structure by bringing out the implicit ethical elements that are embedded throughout John’s narratives, and thus suggests a way to read the whole Gospel ethically and appreciatively of its literary characteristics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethics in the Gospel of John
• ISBN: 90-04-38743-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910793105403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 168.