The Composition of John's Gospel: Selected Studies from Novum Testamentum (Brill's Readers in Biblical Studies)

THE COMPOSITION OF JOHN\'S GOSPEL: Selected Studies from Novum Testamentum......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Places of Original Publication......Page 10
I......Page 12
Features in the scrolls but not in the Fourth Gospel......Page 14
Features in the Fourth Gospel but not in the scrolls......Page 16
Alleged parallels......Page 17
Parallels in language but not in thought......Page 19
Parallels in language and perhaps in thought......Page 22
Parallels in general ideas......Page 23
II......Page 24
C.F.D. Moule: The Individualism of the Fourth Gospel......Page 32
Herman Ridderbos: The Structure and Scope of the Prologue to the Gospel of John......Page 52
A. Wind: Destination and Purpose of the Gospel of John......Page 74
Which kind of readers: Jews or non-Jews ?......Page 76
Did the fourth Gospel have a missionary purpose or not ?......Page 77
Liturgical motives......Page 81
Correction of the Synoptics......Page 82
Replacing the Synoptic Gospels......Page 83
Jews and Gentiles in the Fourth Gospel......Page 87
The Testimony of the Gospel itself: John xx 31......Page 90
The Background of the Gospel of fohn: Palestine before or after the War ?......Page 92
The address: the Greek Dispora......Page 93
The Self-testimony of the Gospel......Page 96
The \"Sitz im Leben\"......Page 98
a. The Gospel of John and \"the Gentiles\"......Page 101
b. The Gospel of John and \"the Jews\", esp. the Pharisees......Page 105
c. The Topography of John......Page 107
4. The address of the Fourth Gospel: Jews in the Greek Diaspora ?......Page 109
Some Conclusions and Suggestions......Page 112
RESEARCH STANDPOINTS......Page 118
THE EVANGELIST AND JEWISH EXEGESIS OF GENESIS......Page 120
VV. 6-9: THE ENTRY OF LIGHT INTO HISTORY, PREPARED BY THE COMING OF JOHN......Page 124
CONCLUSION......Page 132
Joseph A. Grassi: The Wedding at Cana (John II 1-11): A Pentecostal Meditation?......Page 134
Robert Kysar: The Source Analysis of the Fourth Gospel—A Growing Consensus?......Page 140
James D. Purvis: The Fourth Gospel and the Samaritans......Page 159
I. The Availability of Samaritan Texts......Page 160
II. The Fourth Gospel and Samaria......Page 166
Samaritans, Galileans, and Jews......Page 168
Christianity in Samaria......Page 171
Johannine Christology and. Samaritan Traditions......Page 175
III. The Fourth Gosfel and the Samaritans : A Tentative Proposal......Page 189
Paul S. Minear: The Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John......Page 197
John\'s Audience......Page 198
The Moses-Benjamin Typology......Page 199
The Johannine Contexts......Page 206
John J. O\'Rourke: Asides in the Gospel of John......Page 216
John Ashton: The Identity and Function of the Ἰουδαιοι in the Fourth Gospel......Page 226
I. IDENTITY......Page 227
Rites and festivals......Page 229
King of the Ἰουδαῖοι......Page 233
\"Salvation is from the Ἰουδαῖοι\"......Page 234
Judeans in Galilee?......Page 239
Authorities......Page 242
II. FUNCTION......Page 245
Pharisees......Page 246
Passion - narrative......Page 249
The world......Page 251
III. CONCLUSIONS......Page 254
The two levels of understanding......Page 255
The question why......Page 256
Introduction......Page 262
The cultic dimension of Siloam\'s waters......Page 263
The prophetic dimension of Siloam\'s waters......Page 264
The Fourth Evangelist\'s Incorporation of Siloam\'s Symbolism into his Living Water Motif......Page 265
2) The waters of Siloam cleanse from sin......Page 267
3) The waters of Siloam are Messianic......Page 268
Conclusion......Page 270
Index of Authors......Page 272
Index of Biblical References......Page 278