Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I ASPECTS OF THE RHETORIC OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL; Chapter 1 FOCUS; Chapter 2 STRUCTURING TIME IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL; Chapter 3 THE GENRE OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL; PART II KEY CONCEPTS AND METAPHORS; Chapter 4 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; Chapter 5 THE THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: GOD AND λογ́оς, FATHER AND SON, LORD, AND THE SPIRIT PARACLETE; Chapter 6 OPPOSITION TO GOD: THE WORLD, THE RULER OF THIS WORLD, THE ''JEWS'', AND ESCHATOLOGY; Chapter 7 METAPHORS OF ASSOCIATION; Chapter 8 JESUS, THE SON OF MAN

This innovative study attempts a comprehensive reading of the Fourth Gospel so as to make sense of its theology, anthropology and history. The most valuable insights of structuralism and reader-response criticism have been taken up, without ignoring what those methods ignore, namely, questions intrinsically related to the Fourth Gospel itself. Moreover, a just appreciation of the text requires the reader to recognize that particular historical situations affect the nature of any narrative