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8 - The Gospel of John

from Part II - The New Testament Writings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

By
George Parsenios
Edited by
Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray
Affiliation:
Rhodes College, Memphis
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Summary

This chapter discusses the critical issues that are peculiar to the interpretation of John, including its date of composition and historical value relative to the other gospels, its literary relationship to the Synoptic tradition, its characterization of “the Jews,” and various theories concerning its social-historical connections to the community addressed in the Johannine letters.

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John the ApostleChristologyJohannine theology"Lawsuit" motif
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The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 155 - 175
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Ashton, John, ed. The Interpretation of John. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2000.Google Scholar
Attridge, Harold W. Essays on John and Hebrews. WUNT 2.264. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.Google Scholar
Brown, Raymond E. The Gospel according to John. 2 vols. AB 29–29A. New York: Doubleday, 1969.Google Scholar
Bultmann, Rudolf. The Gospel of John: A Commentary. Translated by G. R. Beasley-Murray et al. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1971.Google Scholar
Culpepper, R. Alan. Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987.Google Scholar
Dodd, C. H. The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953.Google Scholar
Frey, J. Theology and History in the Fourth Gospel: Tradition and Narration. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2018.Google Scholar
Lincoln, Andrew T. Truth on Trial: The Lawsuit Motif in the Fourth Gospel. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2000.Google Scholar
Martyn, J. Louis. History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel. 3rd. ed. NTL. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2003.Google Scholar
Meeks, Wayne A. “The Stranger from Heaven in Johannine Sectarianism.” JBL 91 (1972): 44–72.Google Scholar

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