An Introduction to the Johannine Gospel and Letters

This accessible guide to the Gospel and Letters of John introduces readers to
key issues arising from historical, literary, and theological approaches to the
Johannine literature, also discussing the methodological rationale underlying
each of these approaches.
After introducing the reader to the development of the narrative structure of
the book, the message (theology) is discussed in detail, with the aim of
introducing the reader to the interrelatedness of the multiple theological
ideas in this Gospel. Similarities, but also differences between the Gospel and
Letters are constantly considered.
Familiar with the content of the Gospel, readers are then confronted with
questions about the origin, development and socio-cultural nature of the Gospel
and letters. In each case the scholarly field is briefly reviewed and major
solutions are discussed. Thorough discussions on different issues are presented
in different chapters, each time referring to the relevant methodological
approaches. How do the Gospel and Letters relate to the synoptics, or the Old
Testament? Do we have a Gospel composed of multiple sources or is it a seamless
document. How was this influential document written and where do the ideas
found in the Gospel come from?
Since the aim of this book is to form a solid and comprehensive basis for
future study of the Johannine literature, readers are placed firmly within the
scholarly currents and streams of the Johannine literature. In terms of a
metaphor: after reading the book, explorers will know what is out there and
why. Now they can start to dig deeper for themselves without feeling lost in an
uncharted land.
Series: T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies.
[...] this book abounds in insight and many helpful ways of putting " things. It is sufficiently comprehensive that it surveys many positions from
which van der Watt himself demurs, but sufficiently a reflection of van der
Watt' own views that the book avoids the temptation to be ridiculously
bland. - D.A. Carson"
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