The past fifty years have seen powerful shifts in the methods and objectives of Biblical Studies. The study of the Johannine Literature, in particular, has seen a proliferation of new approaches, as well as innovative exegetical and theological conclusions. This volume surveys the emerging landscape from the perspective of scholars who have shaped the field. Written in a conversational and reflective tone, the articles offer an excellent overview of major issues in the study of the Fourth Gospel and 1-2-3 John.
EditorThomas W Thatcher is Professor of Biblical Studies at Cincinnati Christian University.
Abbreviations Preface: The Purpose and Plan of This Book Tom Thatcher 1 Second Thoughts on the Fourth Gospel John Ashton Response: Why Should Historical Criticism Continue to have a Place in Johannine Studies? Wendy E. S. North 2 In Search of a New Synthesis Johannes Beutler Response: Johannine Exegesis in Transition: Johannes Beutler's Search for a New Synthesis Carsten Claussen 3 The Scriptures and the Words and Works of Jesus Peder Borgen Response: Living Word(s) and the Bread of Life Michael Labahn 4 Three Revolutions, a Funeral, and Glimmers of a Challenging Dawn Thomas L. Brodie Response: Inspecting an Aerial Photograph of John's Engagement with Sources Catrin H. Williams 5 Reflections Upon a Johannine Pilgrimage D. A. Carson Response: Progress and Regress in Recent Johannine Scholarship: Reflections Upon the Road Ahead Andreas J. K"stenberger 6 Pursuing the Elusive R. Alan Culpepper Response: To What End, Methodology? Stan Harstine 7 The Gospel and the Epistles of John Read against the Background of the History of the Johannine Communities Marinus de Jonge Response: The Combination of a Literary and a Historical Approach to the Gospel of John Peter G. Kirchschlaeger 8 The Gospel of John and the Signs Gospel Robert T. Fortna Response: The Fourth Gospel in First-Century Media Culture Tom Thatcher 9 What's the Meaning of This?: Relections Upon a Life and Career Robert Kysar Response: Is History History? David Rensberger 10 The Johannine Community among Jewish and Other Early Christian Communities J. Louis Martyn Response: Reading History in the Fourth Gospel Adele Reinhartz 11 Into Narrative and Beyond Francis J. Moloney Response: The Beyond Mary Coloe 12 The Prologue and Chapter 17 of the Gospel of John John F. O'Grady Response: The Prologue and Jesus' Final Prayer Dorothy Lee 13 The Signs of the Messiah and the Quest for Eternal Life John Painter Response: The Johannine Conception of Authentic Faith as a Response to the Divine Initiative Paul N. Anderson 14 Reflecting Upon Thirty Years Sandra M. Schneiders Response: Ideologies Past and Present Colleen Conway 15 Johannine Studies and the Geopolitical: a Reflection Upon Absence and Irruption Fernando F. Segovia Response: Toward an Interdisciplinary Approach to Johannine Studies Francisco Lozada Jr. 16 The Problem of History in John D. Moody Smith Response: Genre, Sources, and History Craig S. Keener 17 Tradition, Exegetical Formation, and the Leuven Hypothesis Gilbert Van Belle Response: The Leuven Hypothesis in C/catholic Perspective Peter J. Judge 18 The Road Ahead-Three Aspects of Johannine Scholarship Urban C. von Wahlde Response: Combining Key Methodologies in Johannine Studies Felix Just
Thatcher is to be congratulated for gathering such a broad and representative cross-section of luminaries in the discipline into one project. -- Craig L. Blomberg, Denver Seminary -- Bulletin for Biblical Research
