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The questions of Jesus in John : logic, rhetoric and persuasive discourse / by Douglas Estes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical interpretation series ; v. 115.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004240292
  • 9004240292
  • 9781283854139
  • 1283854139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Questions of Jesus in John.DDC classification:
  • 226.5/066 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2615.52
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Why Questions? -- Propositional Problem -- Lost in Declaration -- Quor Quaestiones? -- Johannine Questions -- 2. Perspectives on Questions -- Asking Questions -- Ancient Questions -- Questions in Hebraic Context -- Questions in Greco-Roman Context -- Modern Questions -- Questions and Answers -- Questions and Truth -- Questions and Speech -- 3. How Questions Work -- Questions vs. Questions -- Questioning Questions -- Defining Questions -- Question Elements -- Syntax of Questions -- Semantics of Questions -- Pragmatics of Questions -- Traditional Approach to Questions -- Informational Qualities of Questions -- Rhetorical Qualities of Questions -- 4. John's Use of Questions -- Why John Uses Questions -- Questions Inform Dialogue -- Questions Persuade Readers -- Obstacles to John's Questions -- Question Types & Case Studies -- 5. Open Questions -- Variable Questions -- Case Study: John 7:19c -- Set Questions -- Case Study: John 8:46a -- 6. Reflective Questions -- Indexical Questions -- Case Study: John 11:26b -- Test Questions -- Case Study: John 18:4b,7a -- Conditional Questions -- Case Study: John 3:12 -- Speculative Questions -- Case Study: John 6:62 -- Sequence Questions -- Case Study: John 1:38a -- Expository Questions -- Case Study: John 8:43 -- 7. Decisive Questions -- Polar Questions -- Case Study: John 5:6 -- Alternative Questions -- Case Study: John 18:34 -- Deliberative Questions -- Case Study: John 18:11b -- 8. Responsive Questions -- Opposing-Turn Questions -- Case Study: John 3:10 -- Echo Questions -- Case Study: John 13:38 -- Retort Questions -- Case Study: John 11:9a -- 9. Coercive Questions -- Loaded Questions -- Case Study: John 9:35 -- Negative Polar Questions -- Case Study: John 11:40 -- Biased Questions -- Case Study: John 8:10b -- 10. Answers and Questions -- John, a Dialectical Gospel -- John, a Rhetorical Gospel -- Future Questions.
Summary: In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern linguistics in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Fourth Gospel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern linguistics in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Fourth Gospel.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Why Questions? -- Propositional Problem -- Lost in Declaration -- Quor Quaestiones? -- Johannine Questions -- 2. Perspectives on Questions -- Asking Questions -- Ancient Questions -- Questions in Hebraic Context -- Questions in Greco-Roman Context -- Modern Questions -- Questions and Answers -- Questions and Truth -- Questions and Speech -- 3. How Questions Work -- Questions vs. Questions -- Questioning Questions -- Defining Questions -- Question Elements -- Syntax of Questions -- Semantics of Questions -- Pragmatics of Questions -- Traditional Approach to Questions -- Informational Qualities of Questions -- Rhetorical Qualities of Questions -- 4. John's Use of Questions -- Why John Uses Questions -- Questions Inform Dialogue -- Questions Persuade Readers -- Obstacles to John's Questions -- Question Types & Case Studies -- 5. Open Questions -- Variable Questions -- Case Study: John 7:19c -- Set Questions -- Case Study: John 8:46a -- 6. Reflective Questions -- Indexical Questions -- Case Study: John 11:26b -- Test Questions -- Case Study: John 18:4b,7a -- Conditional Questions -- Case Study: John 3:12 -- Speculative Questions -- Case Study: John 6:62 -- Sequence Questions -- Case Study: John 1:38a -- Expository Questions -- Case Study: John 8:43 -- 7. Decisive Questions -- Polar Questions -- Case Study: John 5:6 -- Alternative Questions -- Case Study: John 18:34 -- Deliberative Questions -- Case Study: John 18:11b -- 8. Responsive Questions -- Opposing-Turn Questions -- Case Study: John 3:10 -- Echo Questions -- Case Study: John 13:38 -- Retort Questions -- Case Study: John 11:9a -- 9. Coercive Questions -- Loaded Questions -- Case Study: John 9:35 -- Negative Polar Questions -- Case Study: John 11:40 -- Biased Questions -- Case Study: John 8:10b -- 10. Answers and Questions -- John, a Dialectical Gospel -- John, a Rhetorical Gospel -- Future Questions.