John Among the Gospels: The Relationship in Twentieth-Century Research

By D. Moody Smith

Book Overview

A balanced and provocative exploration of how the relationship of the Fourth Gospel to the Synoptics has been perceived in ancient and modern timesJohn's relationship to the other canonical Gospels... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800625307
• ISBN13: 9780800625306
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Superb Introduction to the Johannine Problem

This book is scholarly and technical -- and thoroughly enjoyable! It is written to be thoroughly accessible without any background, yet this book is of value to scholars as well as laymen. What's the relationship of John to the synoptics? Did the author of the fourth gospel use Mark, or maybe Luke, and what about Matthew? D. Moody Smith accurately recounts the historical debate from the nineteenth century down to today. Smith catalogues the various solutions that have been proposed and represents the arguments of every position most fairly. I came away from this book with a much better understanding of the issues involved and a desire to learn more -- to that end, Smith provides a bibliography for further research. Thus, the book presents a "road map" to the Johannine problem that, in the end, allows the reader to go his or her own way.I will quote the review made by Raymond E. Brown: "Among Johannine scholars Moody Smith has gained the highest respect for his knowledge of the literature on John, the fairness and perceptivity of his judgments, and the good sense of his own contributions to what has gone before. The relation of John to the Synoptic Gospels is a most complex issue, and I know of no one I would rather have as a guide in this field. This is a book from which all will learn and which will advance scholarship."