Epiphanius' Alogi and the Johannine Controversy : A Reassessment of Early Ecclesial Opposition to the Johannine Corpus.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section 1 The 'Johannine Controversy' Theory -- Chapter 1 The Evidence -- 1.1 Irenaeus -- 1.2 Hippolytus of Rome -- 1.3 Gaius of Rome -- 1.4 Origen -- 1.5 Dionysius of Alexandria -- 1.6 Epiphanius of Salamis -- 1.7 Dionysius bar Salibi -- 1.8 Ebed-Jesu -- Chapter 2 An Implausible Consensus and a New Way Forward -- 2.1 The Formation of a Consensus -- 2.2 Challenges to the Consensus -- 2.3 The Fall of the Consensus? -- 2.4 A New Way Forward -- Chapter 3 Exonerating Gaius of Rome -- 3.1 The Gaian Paradox -- 3.2 The Historical and Literary Legacy of Gaius -- 3.3 Gaius of Rome vs. bar Salibi's Caius Haereticus -- 3.4 The Dates of Gaius -- 3.5 Gaius and the Fourth Gospel -- 3.6 Gaius and the Apocalypse -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Dismantling the Syrian Evidence: Dionysius bar Salibi and Ebed-Jesu -- 4.1 Scholarship on bar Salibi's Sources -- 4.2 The Catalogue of Ebed-Jesu -- 4.3 Dionysius bar Salibi: A Closer Look at the Evidence -- 4.4 Discrepancies between bar Salibi and the Early Sources -- 4.5 The Manufactured Dialogue between Gaius and Hippolytus -- 4.6 Epiphanius and bar Salibi -- Summary -- Section 2 Epiphanius and the Alogi in Context -- Chapter 5 Epiphanius: History and Heresy -- 5.1 Epiphanius as Historian and Heresiologist -- 5.2 Dissociating Hippolytus from the Alogi -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Epiphanius' Alogi in Context -- 6.1 Outline of the Account of the Alogi -- 6.2 The Broader Context of the Alogi -- 6.3 Epiphanius' Alogi: A Sweeping Defense of the Four-fold Gospel -- Summary -- Section 3 The Sources of Epiphanius' Account of the Alogi -- Chapter 7 Epiphanius' Use of Papias and Irenaeus -- 7.1 Papias on the Origins of the Four Gospels -- 7.2 Irenaeus and the Four-Fold Gospel -- 7.3 Irenaeus' Testimony as the Foundation of the Alogi.

7.4 Irenaeus and the Second Objection to the Gospel of John -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Epiphanius' Use of Origen -- 8.1 Origen on the Authority of the Gospels -- 8.2 Origen and Epiphanius: Differing Hermeneutical Paradigms -- 8.3 Origen and the Discrepancies Among the Gospels -- 8.4 Origen and the First Criticism of the Alogi -- 8.5 Origen and the Second Criticism of the Alogi -- 8.6 Origen or Gaius of Rome? -- 8.7 Other Examples of Anti-Origenism in Epiphanius' Account of theAlogi -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Epiphanius' Use of Eusebius -- 9.1 Eusebius, Papias, and Origen on the Four Gospels -- 9.2 HE 3.24.8b-13 as a Corrective of Origen -- 9.3 Epiphanius' Appropriation of Eusebius' Rebuttal -- 9.4 Eusebius as the Source for the Criticism of Porphyry, Celsus, and Philosabbatius -- 9.5 Other Connections between Eusebius and Epiphanius -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Sources Behind the Alogi's Objections to the Apocalypse -- 10.1 The Reception of the Apocalypse Prior to Epiphanius -- 10.2 Origen and the Apocalypse -- 10.3 Dionysius of Alexandria and the Apocalypse -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index.

In this work, T. Scott Manor examines the sources supporting the view that the early church had opposed the Johannine corpus. In contrast to previous studies, Manor's work leads to the conclusion that no such Johannine Controversy ever existed.

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