An Exegetical Study on the Function and Meaning of John by Denis S. Kulandaisamy, OSM.

«John, the fourth evangelist, has a unique and captivating way of presenting to his readers the ‘Logos-Jesus’ and his earthly mission, with his own particular literary style and highly-elevated theological language. John is the only one among the New Testament writers to present the first sign of Jesus at the wedding at Cana. This important Cana episode has no parallels in any other gospel. At a first glance the Cana narrative might seem to be a very simple story to any reader but when one enters into the text to look for its meaning, one realizes that it is not so. The vast biblical literature and enormous amount of exegetical research done on this pericope by numerous biblical scholars explain that it is not so simple as it seems to be. It calls for scholarly attention to make intelligible the allusions, overtones, nuances of double entendres and polyvalent vocabularies, literary style, narrative techniques, literary structure, significance of the symbolisms and certain expressions that are highly loaded with theological meaning. [...]»