Twenty-seven authors from a variety of backgrounds contribute essays concerning the distance, historically and theologically, between the historical Jesus and the Gospel of John to this collection. Part One discusses issues related to the historical and ideological context in which the Fourth Gospel was produced. Part Two explores the possibility of oral and written sources that John may have utilized. Part Three compares the Fourth Gospel with early noncanonical literature to identify various ways in which Jesus' traditions were appropriated by early Christians.

Contributors

ix

Abbreviations and Glossary

xiii

Introduction

1

(10)

Tom Thatcher

Part 1 The Fourth Gospel and Jesus

11

(342)

The Fourth Evangelist's Kerygma

The Messiah Who Has Come into the World: The Message of the Gospel of John

15

(10)

David Rensberger

The Gospel of John: Reading the Incarnate Words

25

(10)

Gail R. O'Day

The Fourth Gospel and Jesus

Situating John's Gospel in History

35

(12)

Gary M. Burge

What Can a Postmodern Approach to the Fourth Gospel Add to Contemporary Debates About Its Historical Situation?

47

(12)

Jeffrey L. Staley

The Eyewitness of History: Visionary Consciousness in the Fourth Gospel

59

(12)

Arthur J. Dewey

The Historical Reliability of John: Rushing in Where Angels Fear to Tread?

71

(12)

Craig L. Blomberg

Knowledge of Palestine in the Fourth Gospel?

83

(8)

Ingo Broer

The Legend of the Beloved Disciple

91

(10)

Tom Thatcher

The Audience of the Fourth Gospel

101

(16)

Richard Bauckham

Part 2 The Fourth Evangelist's Sources

John and the Synoptic Gospels

113

(4)

``The Son of the Man'' in the Gospel of John

117

(8)

Walter Wink

The Kingdom of God: Common and Distinct Elements Between John and the Synoptics

125

(10)

Chrys C. Caragounis

Exorcisms in the Fourth Gospel and the Synoptics

135

(10)

Graham H. Twelftree

The Temple Incident: An Integral Element in the Fourth Gospel's Narrative

145

(10)

Mark A. Matson

The Sacramental Tradition in the Fourth Gospel and the Synoptics

155

(10)

John M. Perry

Synoptic Jesus Tradition in the Johannine Farewell Discourse

165

(10)

Johannes Beutler

John and Mark: The Bi-Optic Gospels

175

(16)

Paul N. Anderson

The Signs Gospel

The Signs Gospel in Context

191

(8)

Tom Thatcher

Jesus Tradition in the Signs Gospel

199

(10)

Robert T. Fortna

Stylometry and the Signs Gospel

209

(10)

Tom Felton

Tom Thatcher

Little Flags: The Scope and Reconstruction of the Signs Gospel

219

(20)

Sara C. Winter

Oral Tradition

The Gospel of John in Its Oral-Written Media World

239

(14)

Joanna Dewey

The Origin of the ``Amen, Amen'' Sayings in the Gospel of John

253

(10)

R. Alan Culpepper

The Riddles of Jesus in the Johannine Dialogues

263

(18)

Tom Thatcher

Part 3 The Fourth Gospel and Noncanonical Literature

The Fourth Gospel and Q

281

(10)

Christopher M. Tuckett

The Fourth Gospel and the Synoptic Sayings Source: The Relationship Reconsidered

291

(12)

Edwin K. Broadhead

John Rivals Thomas: From Community Conflict to Gospel Narrative

303

(10)

April D. DeConick

The Johannine Jesus in the Gospel of Peter: A Social Memory Approach

313

(10)

Alan Kirk

The Prologue to the Fourth Gospel and the World of Speculative Jewish Theology

323

(10)

Stephen J. Patterson

Riddles and Mysteries: The Way, the Truth, and the Life

333

(10)

John Ashton

``I Am'' or ``I Am He''? Self-Declaratory Pronouncements in the Fourth Gospel and Rabbinic Tradition

343

(10)

Catrin H. Williams

Conclusion: New Directions

353

(6)

Tom Thatcher

Works Cited

359

(10)

Index of Ancient Sources

369

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