The Gospel of John in Cultural and Rhetorical Perspective / Jerome H Neyrey

includes index and biblioraphy

PART ONE The Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: Major Perspectives 1. Encomium vs. Vituperation Contrasting Portraits of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel 2. Role and Status in the Fourth Gospel Cutting through Confusion 3. Spaces and Places, Whence and Whither, Homes and Rooms "Territorially" in the Fourth Gospel PART TWO Narrative Episodes in Focus 4. "Are You Greater than Our Father Jacob?" Jesus and Jacob in John 1:51 and 4:4-26 5. "He Must Increase, I Must Decrease" (John 3:30) A Cultural and Social Interpretation 6. What`s Wrong with This Picture? John 4, Cultural Stereotypes of Women, and Public and Private Space 7. "Equal to God" (John 5:18) Jesus and God`s Two Powers in the Fourth Gospel 8. The Trials (Forensic) and Tribulations (Honor Challenges) of Jesus John 7 in Social Science Perspective 9. Jesus the Judge Forensic Process in John 8:21-59 10. Secrecy, Deception, and Revelation Information Control in the Fourth Gospel 11. The "Noble" Shepherd in John 10 Cultural and Rhetorical Background 12. "I Said: You Are Gods" Psalm 82:6 and John 10 13. "In Conclusion ..." John 12 as a Rhetorical "Peroratio" 14. The Footwashing in John 13:6-11 Transformation Ritual or Ceremony? 15. Worship in the Fourth Gospel A Cultural Interpretation of John 14-17 16. "Despising the Shame of the Cross" Honor and Shame in the Johannine Passion Narrative PART THREE Jesus vis-a-vis God: Agent or Equal? 17. "My Lord and My God" The Heavenly Character of Jesus in John`s Gospel 18. "I Am the Door" (John 10:7,9) Jesus the Broker in the Fourth Gospel