John 9 as a two-level drama in contemporary scholarship
J. Louis Martyn's analysis of John 9 in history and theology in the Fourth Gospel
The starting point for history and theology in the Fourth Gospel
John 9 as a two-level drama
Setting a new course for Johannine studies
Martyn's contribution in context
Martyn's influence in historical studies
Martyn's influence in social oriented studies
Martyn's influence in literary critical studies
The critique of Martyn's hypothesis
Historical critique
Hermeneutical critique
The critique of the two-level reading strategy as allegory
Substance of the critique
Deficiencies in the allegory critique
Coclusions
The two-level reading strategy as figural exegesis
Improving the allegory critique
Recent scholarship on premodern Christian exegesis : a resource for new categories
Figural reading
Grammatical reading
Reframing the allegory critique
Augustine and J. Louis Martyn reading John 9
Augustine's tract. Ev. Jo. 44 in context
Augustine's interpretation of John 9 in tract. Ev. Jo. 44
Comparing the reading strategies of Augustine and Martyn
Implications and possibilities
Four premodern interpretations of John 9
The value of premodern exegetes for New Testament studies
John Chrysostom
Chrysostom's homilies 56-59 on the Gospel of John in context
Chrysostom on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
Chrysostom on the internal dynamics of John 9
Chrysostom's theological interpretation of John 9
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril's commentary on the Gospel of John in context
Cyril on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
Cyril on the internal dynamics of John 9
Cyril's theological interpretation of John 9
Bruno of Segni
Bruno's commentary on John in context
Bruno on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
Bruno on the internal dynamics of John 9
Bruno's theological interpretation of John 9
Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas' lectures on John in context : exegesis in the medieval university
Aquinas on the place of John 9 within the Gospel
Aquinas on the internal dynamics of John 9
Aquinas' theological interpretation of John 9
Conclusions
Figural argumentation in John 9
Elaborated chreia and symbolic expression in Greco-Roman literary composition
Chreia composition and elaborated argument
Greco-Roman symbolic literary composition
The figural argument in John 9:1-41
John 9:1-7
John 9:8-12
John 9:13-17
John 9:18-23
John 9:24-34
John 9:35-38
John 9:39-41
Conclusion
Narrative rhetoric, theology, and figural reading
The narrative and rhetorical dimensions of John 9
The narrative dynamics of John 9
An integration of epideictic and forensic rhetoric
The figural dynamic and John's theology
The inseparability of form and content in John's theology
The figural dynamic and the incarnation
Reading John's figural dynamic
Conclusion.