Johannine Literature
Module Code: 606TJL Credits: 10 Contact Hours: 30 Level: 6 Lecturer:
Syllabus
This module will present a wide range of critical approaches to the narrative material of the Fourth Gospel. The insights of Narrative Criticism will act as a main guide to the material under discussion but not exclusively so. Sociological approaches to the New Testament material will be utilised to help determine the nature of the community served by the Johannine text and the concern of that community which called the text into being. Attention to the idiosyncratic nature of Johannine language will provide opportunity to engage in redactional evaluation.
A feminist approach to New Testament material will be tested in an analysis of Jn. 4. A comparison of narrative material in Jn. 6 with synoptic parallels will provide an opportunity to isolate the theological thrust of Johannine material with the assistance of literary and redactional critical techniques. The interaction of character in Johannine narrative will be explored in consideration of Jn. 9 and reader response criticism will assist in understanding the role of ?the Jews? in Jn. 11 and through the Fourth Gospel.
Aims
- to develop critical awareness of the significance of the Johannine writings
- to develop an appreciation of the complex nature of Johannine material
- to develop the analytical and evaluative skills in relation to a complex and diverse body of material
- to foster an appreciation of the ways in which perspective can alter the interpretation of texts
- to elucidate the peculiar insights of Johannine Christology
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