Understanding the Fourth Gospel.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Two Riddles -- 2. Diachronic and Synchronic -- 3. The Johannine Community -- 4. The First Edition -- 5. Reading the Fourth Gospel -- Excursus I: Four Aporias -- PART I: GENESIS -- 1. Religious Dissent -- 1. Putting the question -- 2. The Johannine Jews -- 3. The rise of Judaism -- 4. Family quarrels -- Excursus II: 'Salvation is from the Jews' -- 2. The Community and Its Book -- 1. The book -- 2. The community -- 3. The community in its book -- 4. A local habitation and a name -- Excursus III: The First Edition -- 3. Messiah -- 1. The notion of Messiah -- 2. The Recognition of the Messiah -- 3. The commencement of the signs -- 4. Signs and wonders -- Conclusion -- Excursus IV: A Call to Faith -- 4. Son of God -- 1. The Samaritan connection -- 2. Messiah and Prophet -- 3. Origins -- 4. Mission -- 5. Agency -- 6. Sonship -- Conclusion -- Excursus V: The Composition of John 7 -- 5. Son of Man -- Introduction -- 1. The way up and the way down (1: 51) -- 2. Ascent and descent (3: 13) -- 3. The heavenly judge (5: 27) -- 4. Exaltation and glory -- Conclusion -- Excursus VI: The Structure of John 3 -- 6. Messenger of God -- Introduction -- 1. The Angel of the Lord -- 2. The Liberating Angel -- 3. More Angels -- Conclusion -- Excursus VII: Isaiah and Abraham -- PART II : REVELATION -- Introduction -- 7. Intimations of Apocalyptic -- Introduction -- 1. Mystery: the two ages -- 2. Visions and dreams: the two stages -- 3. Riddle: insiders and outsiders -- 4. Correspondence: above and below -- Conclusion -- 8. The Gospel Genre -- 1. The Messianic Secret -- 2. Two levels of understanding -- 3. The role of the Spirit -- 4. Fact and interpretation -- 5. The consciousness of genre -- 6. 'The disciple at second hand' -- 9. The Story of Wisdom -- Introduction -- 1. The Search for Wisdom.

2. The Revelation of Wisdom -- Excursus VIII: The Fourth Gospel and the Wisdom of Solomon -- 10. Dualism -- 1. Light and darkness -- 2. The world -- 3. Life -- 4. Judgement -- 5. Trial -- 6. Division -- 11. Departure and Return -- Introduction -- 1. Departure -- 2. Return -- 3. A second Moses -- Conclusion -- Excursus IX: The Testament of Moses -- 12. Passion and Resurrection -- 1. Passion -- 2. Death -- 3. Resurrection -- Conclusion -- 13. The Medium and the Message -- Introduction -- 1. Words and concepts -- 2. The revelation form -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of references -- Index of modern authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

A fully revised new edition of a pioneering study of John's gospel. John Ashton argues first that the thought-world of the gospel is Jewish, not Greek, and secondly that the text is many-layered, not simple, and composed over an extended period as the evangelist responded to the changing situation of the community he was addressing.

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