The Beloved Disciple in Performance : Rhetoric, Delivery, Proximity, and Johannine Discipleship /
This book reconsiders the Fourth Gospel's portrayal of the Beloved Disciple through the lens of biblical performance criticism. The study demonstrates how a skilled performer-alert to the text's observable rhetorical cues-brings the central features of the Disciple's characterization...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
BRILL,
2026.
Series:
Biblical Interpretation Series ;
238.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
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Call Number: BS709.4
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations XI
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of Biblical Performance Criticism
- 1 Biblical Performance Criticism
- 2 Biblical Performance Criticism for This Project
- 3 Conclusion
- 2 Insights from Biblical Performance Characterization
- 1 New Testament Character Studies
- 2 Biblical Performance Characterization
- 3 Incorporating Insights
- 4 Looking Ahead
- 3 Rhetoric and the Beloved Disciple
- 1 Unnamed ("Anonymous") Characters in John
- 2 Appraisals of the Beloved Disciple
- 3 John and Drama
- 4 John and Rhetoric
- 5 Conclusion
- 4 Johannine Discipleship: Being Near and Moving Toward Jesus
- 1 Introducing the Beloved Disciple
- 2 Ekphrasis, Syncrisis, and Nonverbal Communication in Performance
- 3 Enter the Beloved Disciple
- 4 Setting the Scene
- 5 Dinner Scene (13:21-3)
- 6 John 18:15-18
- 7 John 19:25-27
- 8 John 2:1-9
- 9 John 21:7, 2-24
- 1 John 21:24 and Paideia
- 11 Conclusory Notes on Performing the Beloved Disciple
- 5 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Ancient Sources.