Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John by Larsen, Kasper Bro

Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004166905)

Vendor: Kasper Bro Larsen
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Format: Hardcover
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Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John by Larsen, Kasper Bro

Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John

$185.00
Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John by Larsen, Kasper Bro

Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John

$185.00
Format: Hardcover
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Recognizing the Stranger is the first monographic study of recognition scenes and motifs in the Gospel of John. The recognition type-scene (anagnōrisis) was a common feature in ancient drama and narrative, highly valued by Aristotle as a touching moment of truth, e.g., in Oedipus' tragic self-discovery and Odysseus' happy homecoming. The book offers a reconstruction of the conventions of the genre and argues that it is one of the most recurrent and significant literary forms in the Gospel. When portraying Jesus as the divine stranger from heaven, the Gospel employs and transforms the formal and ideological structures of the type-scene in order to show how Jesus' true identity can be recognized behind the half-mask of his human appearance.

Author: Kasper Bro Larsen
ISBN-10: 9004166904
ISBN-13: 9789004166905
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2008
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 26
By Kasper Bro Larsen
By Kasper Bro Larsen
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Kasper Bro Larsen, Ph.D. (2006) is Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published on various topics related to early Christianity, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, wisdom literature, and the Gospel of John.

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