Word and Soul: A Psychological, Literary, and Cultural Reading of the Fourth Gospel

by Michael Willett Newheart

Book Overview

he Gospel of John is filled with poetry, imagery, symbolism, irony, rhythm . . . and soul. The gospel contains not concepts that speak to the mind, but poetry that speaks to the soul, the emotions, the imagination. In Word and Soul Michael Willett Newheart describes a way to read biblical literature "soulfully" and applies it to the Fourth Gospel.

Newheart approaches the Gospel of John as poetry and reads it poetically. He engages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814659241
• ISBN13: 9780814659243
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"