Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (1:19–2:12) -- 2 A Challenge and Riposte Dialogue (2:13–22) -- 3 A Pedagogical Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (3:1–21) -- 4 A Report-and-Defense Dialogue to a Narrative Commentary (3:22–36) -- 5 An Inter-Religious Dialogue in Dual-stage Setting (4:1–42) -- 6 A Request-Rebuke-Response Dialogue (4:43–54) -- 7 A Sign and a Controversy Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (5:1–47) -- 8 From Sign-centric Dialogues to Question-and-Answer Dialogues (6:1–71) -- 9 A Religious-Theological Dialogue Formed in a Series of Challenge-and-Riposte (7:1–52; 8:12–59) -- 10 A Dramatic Dialogue Leading to a Monologue and a Community Dialogue (9:1–10:21) -- 11 A Forensic Dialogue Develops from-Antithetical-to-Synonymous Mode (10:22–42) -- 12 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (11:1–53) -- 13 A Conflict-centric Dialogue as a Conclusion (11:54–12:50) -- Macro-level Analysis -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.

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Dialogue in the Book of Signs offers a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. With the help of several synchronic methods, including genre, narrative, rhetorical, and dramatic studies, the author analyzes the content, form, and function of John’s dialogue. Thus, the divine-human dialogue, which is interwoven within the text, provides a key to the understanding of the dialogue between the narrator and the reader. In this volume, after setting a background and a theoretical framework, an extensive exploration of dialogue at the exchange, episode, and narrative levels is offered. The connection of dialogue with other literary aspects such as monologues, signs, I AM sayings, and metaphors is also established. Thus, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of dialogue in John 1-12.