The legacy of John : second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel / edited by Tuomas Rasimus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rasimus, Tuomas.

Series:

Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 132.

Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167-9732 ; v. 132

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume investigates the early, second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel. This is an era when its fortunes are surrounded by silence and mystery. It was assumed, until quite recently, that Gnostic and other so-called heterodox groups were the first ones to appreciate this gospel, and hence the mainstream Christians avoided using it until Irenaeus rescued it for the church. Lately, this view has been challenged by several scholars for several reasons. The contributions in this volume, written by leading specialists in their respective fields, offer an approachable, fresh, comprehensive and up-to-date view of the second-century reception of John’s Gospel, in a situation where new understandings about various forms of early Christianity and its multiformity have started to emerge.

Contents:

The reception and development of the Johannine tradition in 1, 2, and 3 John / Raimo Hakola

The Gospel of the acts of John : its relation to the Fourth Gospel / István Czachesz

Whom did Jesus love most? : beloved disciples in John and other gospels / Marvin Meyer

The Trimorphic Protennoia (NHC XIII,1) and the Johannine prologue : a reconsideration / Paul-Hubert Poirier

The Johannine legacy : the Gospel and Apocryphon of John / John D. Turner

Ptolemaeus and the Valentinian exegesis of John's prologue / Tuomas Rasimus

Heracleon / Einar Thomassen

Influence and interpretation of the Gospel of John in ancient Christianity : the example of Eugnostos (NHC III,3 and V,1) / Anne Pasquier

"The orthodox Gospel" : the reception of John in the Great Church prior to Irenaeus / Charles E. Hill

The Diatessaron and the second-century reception of the Gospel of John / Nicholas Perrin

John and his Gospel in the mirror of Irenaeus of Lyons : perspectives of recent research / Bernhard Mutschler

Johannine echoes in early Montanism / Turid Karlsen Seim.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-94973-X

9786612949739

90-474-2977-X

OCLC:

695988863

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004176331.i-412 DOI