Imaginative Love in John
Biographical note
Sjef van Tilborg, Th.D. (1972) in Biblical Studies, University of Nijmegen, is lecturer in the department of literary-historical theology at the same university. He has published on subjects of literary theory, on the Synoptics and on John.
Readership
New Testament scholars, and all those interested in the scientific discourse on love, the literary interpretation of the Bible, specifically in its narrative-imaginative analysis and the ongoing interpretation of John's Gospel.
Reviews
'...the author's most significant contribution here is to have furnished Greco-Roman parallels which deserve consideration in every Johannine commentary striving for completeness.'
Mark Kiley, Catholic Biblical Quaterly, 1995.
'...interesting and unusual book...'
D. Moody Smith, Journal of Theological Studies, 1995.
Mark Kiley, Catholic Biblical Quaterly, 1995.
'...interesting and unusual book...'
D. Moody Smith, Journal of Theological Studies, 1995.
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