Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Douglas Estes -- 1. Why Questions? / Douglas Estes -- 2. Perspectives on Questions / Douglas Estes -- 3. How Questions Work / Douglas Estes -- 4. John’s Use of Questions / Douglas Estes -- 5. Open Questions / Douglas Estes -- 6. Reflective Questions / Douglas Estes -- 7. Decisive Questions / Douglas Estes -- 8. Responsive Questions / Douglas Estes -- 9. Coercive Questions / Douglas Estes -- 10. Answers and Questions / Douglas Estes -- Bibliography / Douglas Estes -- Index of Modern Authors / Douglas Estes -- Index of Subjects / Douglas Estes -- Index of Ancient Sources / Douglas Estes -- Index of Greek Terms / Douglas Estes.

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Why do the New Testament gospels depict a Jesus who asks questions almost as often as he gives answers? In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a highly interdisciplinary theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern erotetics (the study of interrogatives) in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Gospel of John. While scholarly discussion about Jesus cares more for what he says, and not what he asks, Estes argues a better understanding of the rhetorical and dialectical roles of questions in ancient narratives sheds a more accurate light on both John’s narrative art and Jesus' message in the Fourth Gospel.