The quest for the origin of John's Gospel : a source-oriented approach / Thomas L. Brodie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodie, Thomas L., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

x, 194 p.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text presents a controversial thesis concerning the composition of the Gospel According to John. Most New Testament scholars believe that John was independent of the other three (Synoptic) Gospels, although some hold that he may have been familiar with Mark. This has led many to attempt to reconstruct the history of the community within which and for which John must have written. Brodie argues, however, that until the source question is settled, the historical question remains fruitless. What has been missing from Johannine scholarship, he says, is an accurate sense of the way in which writers of the ancient world set about composing their works. Given this literary context, it can be argued that John knew and used not only all of the Synoptic Gospels, but Acts, Ephesians, and the Pentateuch as well.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

General Introduction: The Uncertain Quest and the Need for a Firmer Foundation

I: THE UNCERTAIN QUEST

The Move from Specifics to a Broad Three-Part Inquiry

1. The Quest for the Religious Background

2. The Quest for the Purpose/Life-Situation

3. The Quest for the History of a Johannine Community

II: TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A PARTIAL GUIDE TO HISTORY: JOHN'S COMPOSITION (Use of Sources)

Composition as a Basis for History

4. The Quest for Sources: The Central Problem

5. The Thesis

6. The Ancient Context: A World of Literary Transformation

7. A Test Case: John 9 as a Dramatization of the Vision Theme in Mark 8:11-9:8

8. John's Systematic Use of All of Mark

9. John's Systematic Use of Matthew

10. John's Systematic Use of Part of Luke-Acts

11. John's Systematic Use of the Pentateuch

12. John's Systematic Use of Ephesians

III: THE QUEST RESUMED: INITIAL CONCLUSION

13. The Religious Background

14. The Purpose/Life-Situation

15. Questions About the Reality of the Johannine Community: Towards Seeing the Evangelist as Primarily an Integrated Member of the Larger World-Oriented Christian Community or Church

General Conclusion: From History to Spirit

APPENDIX A: The Story of the Adulteress and the Accusers (John 7:53-8:11)

APPENDIX B: John's Use of Names

APPENDIX C: John's Use of the Pentateuch: A Tentative Outline of One Dimension

APPENDIX D: John's Use of Part of Luke-Acts: A Tentative Outline of One Dimension

APPENDIX E: John's Main Sources: An Approximate Summary

Bibliography

Index to Modern Authors

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-774061-8

1-280-52624-6

0-19-536047-8

1-4294-0750-6

OCLC:

466431559