Background
Watt, Jan Gabriel Van der was born on November 5, 1952 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. Son of Andre and Cornelia Jacoba Van der Watt.
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Nearly all metaphors in the Gospel according to John relate to ancient family imagery. Thus, the disciples are "born of the Father"; the Father "provides them with bread and drink" (water); He "educates" them and "protects" them and a "dwelling" is prepared for them, and so on. This family imagery, which is interwoven throughout the Gospel in a complex network, provides a key to the understanding of the message of the Fourth Gospel. In this volume, after exploring numerous state-of-the-art theories on metaphor, a customised metaphor theory is developed from the Fourth Gospel itself, which can be applied to the analysis of the Gospel as a whole. The theory is based on two of the best-known metaphors in the Fourth Gospel: "I am the Good Shepherd," and "I am the True Vine," Subsequently, all other metaphors are analysed according to this theory.
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Watt, Jan Gabriel Van der was born on November 5, 1952 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. Son of Andre and Cornelia Jacoba Van der Watt.
Master of Arts in Greek, University Pretoria (South Africa), 1979. DDiv in New Testament, University Pretoria (South Africa), 1986. Doctor of Letters in Greek, University Pretoria (South Africa), 1999.
Senior lecturer, head department New Testament University Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa, 1980-1986. Professor New Testament University Pretoria, since 1986, head department New Testament, since 1993. Guest professor Theologiese University Kampen (The Netherlands), 1994-1995, Christian University St. Petersburg (Russia), 1994-1995, University Vienna, 1998, Catholic Theological University and Rijksuniv.
Utrecht (The Netherlands), 1999. Visiting professor University Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1995.
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Member South African Academy Arts and Sciences, New Testament Society South Africa (executive secretary 1995), Studiorum Novi Testamenti Society (co-chair Johannine seminar 1998).
Married Shireen Crous, July 16, 1977. 1 child: Nireen.