Communities in Dispute : Current Scholarship on the Johannine Epistles.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Setting the Stage: The Context for the Conversation -- Part 1: The Relationship between the Gospel and the Epistles -- Raymond Brown's View of the Crisis of 1 John: In the Light of Some Peculiar Features of the Johannine Gospel -- The Community that Raymond Brown Left Behind: Reflections on the Johannine Dialectical Situation -- The Relationship between the Gospel and 1 John -- Part 2: The Church in the Johannine Epistles -- The Audience of the Johannine Epistles -- The Missional Role of ὁ Πρεσβύτερος -- Part 3: The Theology and Ethics of the Epistles -- The Cosmic Trial Motif in John's Letters -- Spirit-Inspired Theology and Ecclesial Correction: Charting One Shift in the Development of Johannine Ecclesiology and Pneumatology -- The Antichrist Theme in the Johannine Epistles and Its Role in Christian Tradition -- On Ethics in 1 John -- The Significance of 2:15-17 for Understanding the Ethics of 1 John -- Completed Love: 1 John 4:11-18 and the Mission of the New Testament Church -- Response -- Moving the Conversation Forward: Open Questions and New Directions -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Ancient Sources Index -- Name Index.

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