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Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book is an attempt to make some initial tracing of what the Gospel looks like through the lens of “secular” literary criticism. As an interdisciplinary study, the work is an effort to contribute to that dialogue by studying the narrative elements of the Fourth Gospel while interacting occasionally with current Johannine research. It is intended not as a challenge to historical criticism or...

and rejoiced (8:56; cf. 8:40, 58). From the seed of Abraham came the Jewish people (8:33; cf. 8:52, 53). Jacob dug a well in the region he gave to Joseph (4:5–6, 12). The Jews began to celebrate Passover (2:13; 6:4), ate manna in the wilderness, and died (6:31, 49). Moses gave the Law (1:17; 7:19) and circumcision (which really came from the Patriarchs; 7:22), and lifted up a serpent in the wilderness (3:14). Moses also wrote about Jesus (1:45; 5:46). Bethlehem was David’s village (7:42). Elijah
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