The Good Wine

by Barnhart, Bruno

• ISBN13: 9781606083406
• ISBN10: 1606083406
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-02
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

The Good Wine is an exciting and challenging overview of the gospel of John. Bruno Barnhart has created a mystical roadmap of the biblical book, which is often considered the most difficult and theological of the four gospels. Following the lead of Peter Ellis, Barnhart has organized the whole of John's gospel around a single truth: that God poured divine reality into humankind through the person of Jesus Christ. This belief stands at the center of the gospel, and every episode in the narrative refracts the light of the core affirmation. The gospel, when interpreted this way, assumes a mandalic pattern in which all parts are related to the center and through it to each other. The mandalic pattern is also a gate of entry for believers who seek to relate their own destinies to the Source of Life.

Author Biography

Bruno Barnhart is a Camaldolese monk who divides his time between New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California, and a new monastic foundation in New Hampshire. He holds degrees in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Dartmouth College and a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical College of Sant' Anselmo, Rome.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Unitive Meaning and Centric Methods
The Language of Fullness	p. 7
Cross and Pleroma: The New Testament Mandala	p. 17
Chiastic Structure in John's Gospel	p. 30
The Chiastic Mandala of John's Gospel	p. 35
Into the Unitive Source: John's Prologue	p. 46
The Door in the Waters	p. 57
The Unfolding of the New Creation
The First Day: Light in Darkness	p. 63
6:16-21. The Sea-Crossing	p. 64
The Second Day: Bread from Heaven	p. 74
6:1-15. The Sign of Bread	p. 75
6:22-71. The Bread Discourse	p. 75
The Third Day: His Glory Fills the Earth	p. 87
3:22-4:3. The Baptist and Jesus	p. 88
5:31-47. The Witnesses to Jesus: Several and One	p. 89
7:1-53. The Festival of Booths I	p. 90
12-59. The Festival of Booths II	p. 92
12:12-50. The Final Passover Approaches: Jesus Enters Jerusalem	p. 93
The Third Day: Synthetic Review	p. 95
The Fourth Day: You Are the Light of the World	p. 103
3:1-21. Nicodemus	p. 105
5:1-30. The Paralytic	p. 108
9:1-41. The Man Born Blind	p. 113
Chapters 13-17. The Supper	p. 120
The Fourth Day: Synthetic Review	p. 140
The Fifth Day: The Living Temple Is the Lamb	p. 143
2:13-25. Jesus Cleanses the Temple	p. 144
4:43-54. The Royal Official's Son	p. 148
Chapters 10-11. The Gate; Lazarus	p. 152
Chapters 18-19. The Passion of Jesus	p. 165
The Fifth Day: Synthetic Review	p. 187
The Sixth Day: In the Image of God He Created Them	p. 191
2:1-12. The Wedding at Cana	p. 192
4:4-42. The Woman at the Well	p. 201
12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany	p. 211
20:1-18. In the Garden	p. 216
The Sixth Day: Synthetic Review	p. 234
The Seventh Day: Into the Place of His Rest	p. 241
1:19-51. The Baptist and the First Disciples	p. 243
20:19-31. Jesus Appears to the Gathered Disciples	p. 249
The Seventh Day: Synthetic Review	p. 260
The Continuing Day	p. 275
Chapter 21. On the Seashore	p. 276
Gospel, Community and World
Prologue and Gospel Narrative	p. 293
Prologue and Baptism	p. 321
Gospel, Baptism and Easter Liturgy	p. 330
John's Narrative as Baptismal Catechesis	p. 345
Baptism and the One: John and Syrian Christianity	p. 359
Sacraments and Interiority	p. 373
Two Centers: Peter and the Beloved Disciple	p. 378
The Sevenfold Day: One Hundred and Fifty-Three Fish	p. 387
Epilogue	p. 423
Endnotes	p. 429
Bibliography	p. 473
Abbreviations	p. 489
Index of Authors	p. 493
Index of Subjects	p. 498
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