The Quest for the Origin of John's Gospel: A Source-Oriented Approach

by Thomas L. Brodie

2021-01-09 02:58:39

Drawing on the insights of ancient literary theory and practice, this book seeks to unlock the age-old puzzle of the relationship of John''s gospel to the other gospels and to the early Christian church. Applying a new method to an old problem, Brodi... Read more
Drawing on the insights of ancient literary theory and practice, this book seeks to unlock the age-old puzzle of the relationship of John''s gospel to the other gospels and to the early Christian church. Applying a new method to an old problem, Brodie uses a form of source analysis that takesaccount of the practices of ancient writers to reveal John as someone who deliberately rendered the earlier gospels into a new language. The deeply theological, and at the same time more down-to-earth voice characteristic of John is revealed to be not that of a marginal community ("the Johanninecommunity") but of an independent prophetic presence within the mainstream church. Less

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File size8.27 X 5.51 X 0.63 in
Print pages208
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date November 1, 1993
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195075885

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