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Hitherto unpublished essays by the renowned Johannine scholar, shedding light on the fourth Gospel itself and on current biblical scholarship more widely.
The renowned Johannine scholar John Ashton (1931-2016) left a large number of unpublished essays at the end of his life, representing his ongoing exegetical work. Introduced here by Christopher Rowland and Catrin H. Williams, they explore important themes such as mystery and Christology arising from his ground-breaking study, Understanding the Fourth Gospel.
Alongside them is an intellectual autobiography originally intended for that volume, contextualizing Ashton's work both in the wider context of biblical scholarship and the particularities of his life. This in itself is an exceptional contribution, and together with the essays it sheds light not only on the current state of Johannine studies, but also on the situation of those involved with both church and academy in the closing decades of the twentieth century.
The renowned Johannine scholar John Ashton (1931-2016) left a large number of unpublished essays at the end of his life, representing his ongoing exegetical work. Introduced here by Christopher Rowland and Catrin H. Williams, they explore important themes such as mystery and Christology arising from his ground-breaking study, Understanding the Fourth Gospel.
Alongside them is an intellectual autobiography originally intended for that volume, contextualizing Ashton's work both in the wider context of biblical scholarship and the particularities of his life. This in itself is an exceptional contribution, and together with the essays it sheds light not only on the current state of Johannine studies, but also on the situation of those involved with both church and academy in the closing decades of the twentieth century.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 207
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
27 May 2021
Trim Size: 5.98 X 8.98 in
ISBN: 9780227177518
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Bibles, Second World War
Reading this book is a moving experience. Equally, however, one comes away from having done so with a head brimming with new ideas and perspectives to return to the Gospel and see it again in a fresh light. John Ashton was a gifted exegete, who brought phenomenal scholarship, literary sensibility and insight, and a seasoning of delicious humour, to the task of interpreting the work of the gifted author of the Gospel of John.
— Wendy E.S. North, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham
This volume provides a feast of ideas on John's Gospel from the latter career of John Ashton, a colossus of international Johannine scholarship. Particularly remarkable for its detailed and moving autobiographical account of his fifty-year engagement with the Fourth Gospel, its essays amplify and develop the insights, and exhibit the exegetical sensitivity, of Ashton's magisterial Understanding the Fourth Gospel. Every serious student of John's Gospel should read this book and absorb its wisdom.
— Philip F. Esler, Portland Chair in New Testament Studies, Director of the International Centre for Biblical Interpretation, University of Gloucestershire
— Wendy E.S. North, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham
This volume provides a feast of ideas on John's Gospel from the latter career of John Ashton, a colossus of international Johannine scholarship. Particularly remarkable for its detailed and moving autobiographical account of his fifty-year engagement with the Fourth Gospel, its essays amplify and develop the insights, and exhibit the exegetical sensitivity, of Ashton's magisterial Understanding the Fourth Gospel. Every serious student of John's Gospel should read this book and absorb its wisdom.
— Philip F. Esler, Portland Chair in New Testament Studies, Director of the International Centre for Biblical Interpretation, University of Gloucestershire
Introduction by Christopher Rowland and Catrin H. Williams vii
1. Discovering the Gospel of John:
A Fifty-Year Journey of Exploration 1
2. Really a Prologue? 64
3. John and the Johannine Literature: The Woman at the Well 84
4. Riddles and Mysteries 101
5. "Mystery" in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Fourth Gospel 113
6. The Johannine Son of Man: A New Proposal 131
7. Reflections on a Footnote 156
8. Browning on Feuerbach and Renan 170
John Ashton (13 June 1931 - 3 February 2016)
by Christopher Rowland 182
Bibliography 187
1. Discovering the Gospel of John:
A Fifty-Year Journey of Exploration 1
2. Really a Prologue? 64
3. John and the Johannine Literature: The Woman at the Well 84
4. Riddles and Mysteries 101
5. "Mystery" in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Fourth Gospel 113
6. The Johannine Son of Man: A New Proposal 131
7. Reflections on a Footnote 156
8. Browning on Feuerbach and Renan 170
John Ashton (13 June 1931 - 3 February 2016)
by Christopher Rowland 182
Bibliography 187