UID:
almahu_9949701733602882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004493902
,
9789004116610
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 44
Content:
This study deals with the postmodern philosophy of language as developed mainly by French authors as R. Barthes, J. Derrida and J.-F. Lyotard. The four chapters of the first part are theoretical and relate the literary concepts of postmodernity, poststructuralism and deconstruction to the practice of biblical exegesis. One of the important conclusions is that deconstruction affects both diachronic and synchronic approaches of texts. Each chapter closes with -not suggestions but- implications for a postmodern, deconstructive strategy of reading. The four chapters of the second part apply this postmodern, deconstructive strategy of reading to the Fourth Gospel as a whole (chapter five), to John 6 (chapter six), to John 17 (chapter seven) and to John 21, 24-25 (chapter eight). This deconstructive reading shows the differential and apophatic character of Saint John's Gospel.
Additional Edition:
Print version: John, a Postmodern Gospel : Introduction to Deconstructive Exegesis Applied to the Fourth Gospel. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2000 ISBN 9789004116610
Language:
English
