TY - BOOK AU - Lamb,David A. TI - Text, context and the Johannine community : a sociolinguistic analysis of the Johannine writings SN - 9780567665102 (pbk.) : U1 - 226.506 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London ; New York : PB - Bloomsbury T & T Clark KW - Bible. -- John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Epistles of John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible / John / Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Originally published: 2014; Text, Context and the Johannine Community adopts a new approach to the social context of the Johannine writings by drawing on modern sociolinguistic theory. Sociolinguistics emphasizes language as a social phenomenon, which can be analysed with reference not only to its broad context of culture, but also to its narrower context of situation ER -