Theology

Paul C.J. Riley

The Lord of the Gospel of John

Narrative Theory, Textual Criticism, and the Semantics of Kyrios

[Der Herr des Johannesevangeliums. Erzähltheorie, Textkritik und Semantik von Kyrios.]

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In the Gospel of John, one aspect of Jesus' divinity is his lordship. Paul C.J. Riley uses narrative theory, textual criticism, and linguistics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the divine lordship of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
In the Gospel of John, one aspect of Jesus' divinity is his lordship. Paul C.J. Riley examines Jesus' lordship through the use of one Christological title, kyrios, a word which can be translated as Lord, master, owner or sir. Because kyrios is often used by characters in the narrative, Riley considers it from a narrative perspective. As a result, the first question he examines is how kyrios functions. In addition, due to textual variation for some occurrences of kyrios, the next question addressed is where kyrios is. From a firm narrative and textual foundation, the final question the author asks is what kyrios means. The answers to these three questions provide a comprehensive understanding of Jesus' divine lordship in the Gospel of John.
Authors/Editors

Paul C.J. Riley Born 1983; PhD from the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Australia.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT) — 42 (2020), pp. 65–66 (John Tudno Williams)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 64 (2020), pp. 444–445
In: Jahrbuch f.Liturgik u.Hymnologie — 60 (2021), p. 120 (Helmut Schwier)
In: Review of Biblical Literature — http://www.bookreviews.org/ (1/2020) (Joshua J. Coutts)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 145 (2020) Heft 4, S. 305–306 (Predrag Dragutinovic)