TY - BOOK ID - 77928649 TI - Rhetoric and theology PY - 2009 VL - 165 SN - 1282456776 9786612456770 3110221640 9783110221640 9781282456778 9783110221633 3110221632 PB - Berlin New York Walter de Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - Ancient Rhetoric. KW - Antike Rhetorik. KW - Auslegungsgeschichte. KW - Gospel of John. KW - History of Interpretation. KW - Johannesevangelium. KW - Progymnasmata. KW - Two-Level Drama. KW - Zwei-Ebenen-Drama. KW - Narrative Exegese KW - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament. KW - Exegese KW - Martyn, J. Louis KW - Martyn, James Louis, KW - Bible. KW - Jean (Book of the New Testament) KW - Johanisi (Book of the New Testament) KW - Johannesevangelium KW - John (Book of the New Testament) KW - Yohan pogŭm KW - Yohane den (Book of the New Testament) KW - Yūḥannā (Book of the New Testament) KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Hermeneutics. KW - History. KW - History KW - Allegorical interpretations. KW - 226.5 KW - Evangelie volgens Johannes KW - Ioganaĭ (Book of the New Testament) KW - Иоганай (Book of the New Testament) KW - Martyn, J Louis KW - Bible KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Hermeneutics KW - Allegorical interpretations KW - Martyn, J Louis - (James Louis), - 1925 KW - -226.5 KW - -Martyn, J Louis - (James Louis), - 1925 KW - -Martyn, J. Louis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77928649 AB - This monograph on John 9 makes extensive use of premodern Christian exegesis as a resource for New Testament studies. The study reframes the existing critique of the two-level reading of John 9 as allegory in terms of premodern exegetical practices. It offers a hermeneutical critique of the two-level reading strategy as a kind of figural exegesis, rather than historical reconstruction, through an extensive comparison with Augustine's interpretation of John 9. A review of several premodern Christian readings of John 9 suggests an alternative way of understanding this account in terms of Greco-Roman rhetoric. John 9 resembles the rhetorical argumentation associated with chreia elaboration and the complete argument to display Jesus' identity as the Light of the World. This analysis illustrates the inseparability of form and content, rhetoric and theology, in the Fourth Gospel. ER -