Dialogue in the Book of Signs : A Polyvalent Analysis of John 1:19-12:50.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Rationale, Aim, and Task -- Previous Studies on Johannine Dialogue -- Methodology of Research -- Use of 'Dialogue' as a Literary Genre -- A Proposed Definition of Dialogue in John -- Plan of the Research -- Micro- and Meso-Analyses of the Dialogue in the Book of Signs (John 1:19-12:50) -- 1 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (1:19-2:12) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 2 A Challenge and Riposte Dialogue (2:13-22) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 3 A Pedagogical Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (3:1-21) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 4 A Report-and-Defense Dialogue to a Narrative Commentary (3:22-36) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 5 An Inter-Religious Dialogue in Dual-stage Setting (4:1-42) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 6 A Request-Rebuke-Response Dialogue (4:43-54) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 7 A Sign and a Controversy Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (5:1-47) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 8 From Sign-centric Dialogues to Question-and-Answer Dialogues (6:1-71) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 9 A Religious-Theological Dialogue Formed in a Series of Challenge-and-Riposte (7:1-52 -- 8:12-59) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 10 A Dramatic Dialogue Leading to a Monologue and a Community Dialogue (9:1-10:21) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 11 A Forensic Dialogue Develops from-Antithetical-to-Synonymous Mode (10:22-42) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis.

12 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (11:1-53) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- 13 A Conflict-centric Dialogue as a Conclusion (11:54-12:50) -- Setting of the Dialogue -- Micro-Analysis -- Meso-Analysis -- Macro-level Analysis -- Exchange, Episode, and Narrative Developments -- Dialogue and Its Polyvalent Connections -- Content, Form, and Function of the Dialogue -- Dialogue and the Rhetorical Thrust of the Book of Signs -- Concluding Remarks -- Further Considerations -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.

Dialogue in the Book of Signs offers a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. With the help of several synchronic methods, including genre, narrative, rhetorical, and dramatic, the author analyzes the content, form, and function of John's dialogue.

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