Description
In a carefully constructed story, the writer of John’s Gospel what it means to are reveals the identity of Jesus, and explores believe in Jesus, and to belong to him. These themes examined in this book. Written for ordinary readers and beginping students of the Gospel, it discusses the way the story has been and the “tricks” of the storyteller’s trade. The aim is to reading and study of the Gospel, and to ,is himself “the Story of God”. crafted and stimulate the reader’s own see Jesus who, in revealing God,
Derek Tovey is a member of the faculty of the College of St John the Evangelist, Auckland, New Zealand. He teaches New Testament in the School of Theology, in the University of Auckland. Prior to doing his doctoral studies on “point-of-view” in John’s of Auckiand. Prior to doing his doctora Gospel, he worked as an Anglican minister. greater The turn to narrative in recent decades of biblical scholarship has provided greater access to the fruits of that scholarship to a much wider audience. Derek Tovey invites this audience to read with him the story of Jesus in the Gospel of John in his book
Jesus: Story of God-John’s Story of Jesus. In a slight twist of phrase, he names Jesus as the story of God, the one to be read, to be believed, and to/with/in whom the reader can as one finds one’s home in a favourite story. Readers of this book will not only re-read the Gospel of John with the new insight but will also find that they have the tools belong as one to re-enter the other Gospel narratives.
Elaine Wainwright RSM
School of Theology, Auckland
The opening chapter of this refreshingly different study of St John’s Gospel grabbed my attention. The figure of Jesus immediately stands out from the text rather than hiding behind the various metaphors the narrator uses to describe him. Throughout this book there is interesting interplay between story and storyteller which makes clear that the storyteller wishes the reader to understand that Jesus really is the Messiah – not merely called Messiah.
Valerie Bridge
St. Chad’s Church, Auckland
