Exploring the Gospel of John

by Culpepper, Alan R, Black, Clifton C

• ISBN13: 9780664220839
• ISBN10: 0664220835
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: WESTMINSTER JOHN KNOX PRESS

Summary

InExploring the Gospel of John, scholars of international standing gather to honor D. Moody Smith by examining the trails he has blazed in Johannine scholarship. Every aspect of the study of John is represented in this book, including the historical origins of the Johannine community, the religious traditions in the gospel within and beyond early Christianity, the Fourth Gospel's literary dimensions and theological concerns, and the distinctive challenges presented by the Gospel's interpretation. This book is indispensable for all interested in the Fourth Gospel. For researchers, it summarizes the modern history of Johannine scholarship as it points the way for its advancement in the next century. For pastors and students, it offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable guide to this important New Testament book.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
Congratulators
Dwight Moody Smith: Cursus Vitae
Dwight Moody Smith: A Selected Bibliography of Published Works, 1963-1995
Abbreviations
The Contribution of D. Moody Smith to Johannine Scholarship	p. 3
The Historical Jesus and the Johannine Christ	p. 21
Reflections on Aspects of the Jewish Background of the Gospel of John	p. 43
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospel according to John	p. 65
The Gospel of John Hellenism: Some Observations	p. 98
A Gentile Mission That Replaced an Earlier Jewish Mission?	p. 124
The Use of "Scripture" in the Gospel of John	p. 147
The Parallels between Acts and John	p. 163
The Tradition History of the Fourth Gospel	p. 179
Reading Johannine Irony	p. 193
What About the Johannine "Parables"?	p. 208
"The Words That You Gave to Me I Have Given to Them": The Grandeur of Johannine Rhetoric	p. 220
The Archive of Excess: John 21 and the Problem of Narrative Closure	p. 240
"The Father": The Presentation of God in the Fourth Gospel	p. 255
Derivation as Destiny: "Of-ness" in Johannine Christology, Anthropology, and Soteriology	p. 274
"The Paraclete": Pneumatology in the Johannine Gospel and Apocalypse	p. 289
John and the Synoptics as a Theological Question	p. 301
The Ethics of the Fourth Evangelist	p. 317
Deus Incarnatus: On the Hermeneutics of Christology in the Johannine Writings	p. 327
Inclined to God: The Quest for Eternal Life - Bultmannian Hermeneutics and the Theology of the Fourth Gospel	p. 346
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources	p. 369
Index of Ancient Terms	p. 396
Index of Modern Authors	p. 400
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