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

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. -- Publisher Desciption. General Introduction: The Uncertain Quest And The Need For A Firmer Foundation -- The Uncertain Quest -- The Move From Specifics To A Broad Three-part Inquiry -- The Quest For The Religious Background -- The Quest For The Purpose/life-situation -- The Quest For The History Of A Johannine Community -- Towards Establishing A Partial Guide To History: John's Composition (use Of Sources) -- Composition As A Basis For History -- The Quest For Sources: The Central Problem -- The Thesis -- The Ancient Context: A World Of Literary Transformation -- A Test Case: John 9 As A Dramatization Of The Vision Theme In Mark 8:11-9:8 -- John's Systematic Use Of All Of Mark -- John's Systematic Use Of Matthew -- John's Systematic Use Of Part Of Luke-acts -- John's Systematic Use Of The Pentateuch -- John's Systematic Use Of Ephesians -- The Quest Resumed: Initial Conclusions -- The Religious Background -- The Purpose/life-situation -- Questions About The Reality Of The Johannine Community: Towards Seeing The Evangelist As Primarily An Integrated Member Of The Larger World-oriented Christian Community Or Church -- General Conclusion: From History To Spirit -- The Story Of The Adulteress And The Accusers (john 7:53-8:11) -- John's Use Of Names -- John's Use Of The Pentateuch: A Tentative Outline Of One Dimension -- John's Use Of Part Of Luke-acts: A Tentative Outline Of One Dimension -- John's Main Sources: An Approximate Summary. Thomas L. Brodie. Includes Indexes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 177-185).