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Today is the final part of this seven part series of an narrative analysis of this passage in the Gospel of John in which I present my final brief conclusion. I hope that this series has been of value to you. Please let me know what you thought of it, good or bad! Here are […]

We are coming near to the end of our narrative analysis of this passage from the Gospel of John. Today we will look at the plot of the narrative. If you need to catch up, here are the links to previous articles.
Part One - Introduction | Part Two - Rhetoric | Part Three - Irony […]

Yesterday we looked at the setting of his passage. Today we will examine its character: Jesus, Pilate, the Jews, and other supporting characters.
Part One - Introduction | Part Two - Rhetoric | Part Three - Irony | Part Four - Setting
Character
Jesus
Despite the fact that Pilate is the only character to appear consistently throughout the narrative, […]

Continuing our analysis of the narrative. today we will look at the setting. If you need to catch up, here are links to the first three parts of the analysis.
Part One - Introduction | Part Two - Rhetoric | Part Three - Irony
Setting
The architectural setting of this particular pericope plays a role in how it […]

Continuing our narrative analysis of this passage in the Gospel of John, today we will look at the irony involved in it. Irony in the Gospel of John is the largest of all the rhetoric. Here are links to the previous parts if you need to catch up.
Part 1 - Introduction | Part 2 - […]

Yesterday we began our look at this narrative in the Gospel of John with part one of our analysis. We looked briefly at the structure and any textual issues of importance in this section. Today we begin our focus on the rhetorical elements of the narrative: namely, theme, repetition, motif, type scenes, figures of speech, figures of […]

Last semester I took a class on the Gospel of John. For the final paper of that class I did a brief narrative analysis of the trial of Jesus by Pilate. This begins a series of posts on that analysis. First I will give a short introduction on what the paper (series of posts) is about, […]

Well I have finally turned in my papers for the end of classes this semester: Greek Exegesis and Narrative Criticism. It was a lot of work, but I put my best effort into it and I think it turned out alright. I always think I could have done more, and I probably could have, but […]

Tuesdays are the longest days for me; hence my lack of posting on those days. Before lunch I take a drive down to Winebrenner Seminary and stay there till well after dinner (11:00 am - 9:15 pm). But I can’t complain, my drive takes only 25 minutes, while one student I know drives 5 […]

For my Greek Exegesis class this semester we are going through the above passage in John. It is the place where Jesus claims that he is the bread of life. As I was doing some translating work on the passage I was struck by the use of the word ‘bread’ and how Jesus brings an […]

Well Amazon did their part and delivered the books I ordered for school ahead of schedule. On my previous post I listed all the books I ordered. So last night after work (and after walking the dog) I broke open the box - like a kid on Christmas morning! The smell of fresh paper, the […]

I just ordered most of the books for my next semester at seminary. I’m taking another three classes this winter, Turning Points (a church history overview), Greek Exegesis, and Narrative Criticism. I thought i’d share some of the books I ordered here:
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
By: Mark A. Noll
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