TY - BOOK AU - Reinhartz,Adele TI - Befriending the beloved disciple: a Jewish reading of the Gospel of John SN - 9781441125224 AV - BS2615.2 .R382 2005eb U1 - 226.5/06 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Continuum KW - Bible KW - John KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Theology KW - fast KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts KW - bisacsh KW - New Testament KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and indexes; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Prologue; 2. Reading as Relationship; 3. The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple; 4. The Beloved Disciple as Mentor: A Compliant Reading of the Fourth Gospel; 5. The Beloved Disciple as Opponent: A Resistant Reading of the Fourth Gospel; 6. The Beloved Disciple as Colleague: A Sympathetic Reading of the Fourth Gospel; 7. The Beloved Disciple as Other: An Engaged Reading of the Fourth Gospel; 8. Conclusion: Befriending the Beloved Disciple; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF ANCIENT LITERATURE; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; INDEX OF NAMES N2 - Adele Reinhartz has been studying and teaching the Gospel of John for many years. Earlier, she chose to ignore the love/hate relationship that the book provokes in her, a Jew, and took refuge in an objective historical-critical approach. At this stage her relationship to the Gospel was not so much a friendship as a business relationship. No longer willing to ignore the negative portrayal of Jews and Judaism in the text, nor the insight that her own Jewish identity inevitably does play a role in her work as an exegete, Reinhartz here explores the Fourth Gospel through the approach known as ethi UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=377892 ER -