ISBN: 9780664222192    Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Year of publishing: 2001     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 400        

Twenty-seven authors from a varity of backgrounds contribute essays concerning the distance - historically and theologically - between the historical Jesus and the Gospel of John. Part One discusses issues related to the historical and ideological context in which the Fourth Gospel was produced. Part Two explores the possibility of oral and written sources that the Fourth evangelist may hae used. Part Three compares the Fourth Gospel with early non-canonical literature to identify various ways in which Jesus traditions were appropriated by early Christians.
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Robert Fortna is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at Vassar College. Tom Thatcher is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary.
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