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

By Thomas L. Brodie

Book Overview

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 takes account 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 Johannine community") but of an independent prophetic presence within the mainstream church.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195075889
• ISBN13: 9780195075885
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.5"