'What Is John?'': Readers and Readings of the Fourth Gospel by Fernando F. Segovia

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Hence, the tripartite structure entails three reading modes: with Nicodemus and Jesus; and dialogue partner with Jesus and his community. The Making ofa Metaphor-The Metaphors of John 3:1-15 I have traced the '"""II"'v ....... , and drawn from that of our imaginary first reader through the passage a number of observations about the text and the strategies of its author implicit therein. Only now are we ready to turn to the central topic of the The making of the passage, I found there. The the way in which this author creates a metaphor, fa'ihions a metaphorical experience for the reader, and places the reader in the midst of a metaphorical is In this case, the construction of the metaphor what I would like to calJ (sometimes single that short uses of .......

As that my head is exhausted with the pace of the stretched obscure reteremces. and confused its movement. Still and Jesus, I nonetheless have been intrigued by distance between I have taken seriously the claim that the puzzle in the passage. sornetnmlg vital is at stake. I shall in the future take up the text to resume my Reflectiolls 011 a First Readillg Experience of JohIl3:1-IS On the basis of our journey through the passage as an we are to make some observations first the text and the implicit strategies of the author encountered there.

5 I confess then that the division after v. 15 is irregular, made simply because vv. 1-15 offers a workable unit for the sake of this essay and includes the four major metaphors I wish to examine. 5 division 106) is more He suggests that vv. 1-10 and 11-21 constitute separate units. He is, of course, correct that in the latter Jesus to the reader and Nicodemus is in the bac:kglfollnd. 24 I "What is John? \\'iII conclude, hmNC'lcr_ even though the that the reader eXIJeriences a climatic in v. unit continues through v, 21 A First Reader Examination of John 3:1 -IS Our imaginary first reader approaches the passage \vith a naive ooltimisnn, The prologue of the narrative rings in ear, and the reader COll1pretlen:dS, however vaguely, the identity of the hero.

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