The Discipleship Paradigm: Readers and Anonymous Characters in the Fourth Gospel

by David R. Beck

This volume examines the Fourth Gospel narrative in terms of its character portrayal, especially the portrayal of anonymous characters. It focuses on how characterization impacts readers, eliciting their involvement in the narrative, particularly the recognition of and response to Jesus' identity, and how anonymity facilitates that participation.
The first chapters examine the understanding of characterization in contemporary literary theory, then...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004107002
• ISBN13: 9789004107007
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.7"