Download or read book New Readings in John written by Johannes Nissen and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers new studies on classical and modern problems in relation to the Fourth Gospel. There are essays on John and the Synoptics, and on John and the Qumran Scrolls. Other essays present new literary approaches such as the question of the "implied reader", biblical imagery, and irony and sectarianism. Central theological issues are discussed, including the problem of anti-Judaism, the interpretation of the death of Jesus, the concept of mission, the relation between community and ethics, and the understanding of God in the Johannine writings.