Das Johannesevangelium

By (author) Hartwig Thyen

Book cover: Das Johannesevangelium

Extent: 806 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Handbuch zum Neuen Testament

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(March 2015)

ISBN: 9783161528743

6.61 x 9.41 inches

Price: $74.00

In stock

In his commentary on John, Hartwig Thyen refrains from dealing extensively with the genesis of the Gospel and its presumed sources. He interprets the Fourth Gospel as a highly poetic literary text, and examines the textual interplay with its three synoptic precursors. For Thyen, the Gospel of John is a text for all Christians or for everyone who is able to read, and not a work which addresses a specifically Johannine community which is isolated from the rest of the early church.


English summary: In his commentary on the Gospel of John, Hartwig Thyen focuses less on the Gospel’s genesis and its supposed sources. Instead he interprets the Fourth Gospel as a highly poetic literary text and examines issues of intertextuality in relation to its three synoptic predecessors. Since he sees the Gospel as a literary work, his commentary provides ideas for one of many possible interpretations of the Gospel of John. German description: Hartwig Thyen geht in seinem Kommentar zum Johannesevangelium weniger auf die Genese des Evangeliums und seine mutmasslichen Quellen ein. Er interpretiert das vierte Evangelium vielmehr als hochpoetischen literarischen Text und untersucht das intertextuelle Spiel mit den drei synoptischen Vorgangern. Da er das Evangelium als literarisches Werk betrachtet, liefert sein Kommentar Vorschlage zu einer von vielen moglichen Lekturen des Johannesevangeliums.

  • By (author) Hartwig Thyen