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In this updated edition of his successful textbook, leading evangelical New Testament scholar Andreas Köstenberger offers a survey of John's gospel that is informed by current scholarship but written at an accessible level. The book has been revised throughout and features a new interior design. Photos, sidebars, and other pedagogical aids are included.

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Philosophie et théologie

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Christianity

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	05 novembre 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441244857
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	6 Mo

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Encountering Biblical Studies
Walter A. Elwell, General Editor and New Testament Editor
Eugene H. Merrill, Old Testament Editor

Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey , Third Edition
Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer
Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study
Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer, editors
Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey , Third Edition
Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough
Readings from the First-Century World: Primary Sources for New Testament Study
Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough, editors
Encountering the Book of Genesis: A Study of Its Content and Issues
Bill T. Arnold
Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction
C. Hassell Bullock
Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey
Bryan E. Beyer
Encountering John: The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective, Second Edition
Andreas J. Köstenberger
Encountering the Book of Romans: A Theological Survey , Second Edition
Douglas J. Moo
Encountering the Book of Hebrews: An Exposition
Donald A. Hagner

© 1999, 2013 by Andreas J. Köstenberger
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ISBN 978-1-4412-4485-7
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
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For my children Lauren, Tahlia, David, and Timothy With prayer and thanksgiving
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are the children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
Psalm 127:4–5
Contents
Cover i
Series Page ii
Title Page iii
Copyright Page iv
Dedication v
To the Student ix
Author’s Preface xi
Before You Begin . . . xiii
Abbreviations xv
Part 1: Encountering the Gospel of John: Come On In! 1
1. History: How John’s Gospel Came to Be 3
2. Literature: Mapping John’s Story 13
3. Theology: John’s Major Themes 21
Part 2: Encountering the Word (John 1:1–18) 22
4. The Incarnation of the Word (1:1–18) 35
Part 3: Encountering the Earthly Jesus: The Mission to the Jews (including Seven Signs) (John 1:19–12:50) 49
5. Jesus’s Early Ministry (Part 1): Signs 1–2 (1:19–2:25) 51
6. Jesus’s Early Ministry (Part 2): Sign 3 (3:1–4:54) 67
7. Escalating Conflict (Part 1): Signs 4–5 (5:1–6:71) 77
8. Escalating Conflict (Part 2) (7:1–8:59) 89
9. Escalating Conflict (Part 3): Sign 6 (9:1–10:42) 101
10. Escalating Conflict (Part 4): Sign 7 (11:1–12:50) 113
Part 4: Encountering the Exalted Jesus: The Mission to the World (John 13–20) 127
11. Jesus’s Farewell (Part 1) (Chap. 13) 129
12. Jesus’s Farewell (Part 2) (Chaps. 14–16) 139
13. Jesus’s Farewell (Part 3): Jesus’s Parting Prayer (Chap. 17) 157
14. Jesus’s Passion, Resurrection, and Commissioning of His Followers (Chaps. 18–20) 165
Part 5: Encountering the One Who Calls Us to Follow (John 21) 179
15. What It Means to Follow Jesus (Chap. 21) 181
16. Epilogue: John in the Context of Scripture 187
Appendix 1: The History of the Interpretation of John’s Gospel 199
Appendix 2: John’s Gospel and the Study of the Historical Jesus 204
Tools for Study 207
Excursus 1: “Life” and “Light” in John’s Gospel 227
Excursus 2: “The Jews” in John’s Gospel 229
Excursus 3: Asides in John’s Gospel 231
Excursus 4: References to Time in John’s Gospel 236
Excursus 5: Misunderstandings in John’s Gospel 238
Excursus 6: Divine Necessity in John’s Gospel 240
Excursus 7: Jesus as a Rabbi in John’s Gospel 241
Excursus 8: The So-Called Seams (Aporias) in John’s Gospel 244
Excursus 9: The Absolute “I Am” Sayings in John’s Gospel 247
Excursus 10: Pilate’s Uneasy Relationship with the Jews 249
Notes 251
Glossary 259
Select Annotated Bibliography 262
Scripture Index 265
Subject Index 278
Back Cover 283
To the Student
The Underlying Purpose of This Book
This book has been written with you, the student, in mind from beginning to end. The one question that guided the inclusion of material in this volume was: What would I want my students to know about the Gospel of John? In this I have sought to pursue a twofold purpose: to nurture you spiritually and to increase your knowledge by providing you with helpful information on John’s gospel. In writing this book, I emphasized primarily the text of the gospel itself. Where appropriate, I have included references to helpful secondary literature.
The goal of a book such as the present one must be to understand the history and story of Jesus as it was written by John himself. This involves carefully attending to repeated key words as well as to major themes such as “Jesus as the Christ,” “believing,” or “eternal life.” At the same time, I have tried to relate John’s teaching to the rest of Scripture. For John did not write in a vacuum. He consciously built on Old Testament revelation, and he seems to have presupposed his readers’ familiarity with the gospel tradition.
Didactic Features of This Book
At the beginning of each chapter, you will find a chapter outline, providing a road map of the chapter’s contents. The chapter objectives are designed to structure your learning. Note them before you read the chapter. Then return to them when you’ve worked through the material. See whether you are able to accomplish the stated objectives.
At the end of each chapter, you will also find study questions that will reinforce the chapter’s major content. Try to answer each question from memory. Then check yourself by looking through the relevant section in that chapter.
Finally, I’ve gathered several resources at the end of the book. First, a glossary defines important theological terms used throughout this book. If you are not sure about the meaning of a particular word as you read through a given chapter, check the listing in the glossary. Then go back and see whether this helps you understand the statement made in the text.
Second, an annotated select bibliography suggests further reading. This includes the most helpful commentaries as well as other important studies on various aspects of John’s gospel.
Third, “Tools for Study” includes the following headings: (1) “Proper Names in John’s Gospel,” (2) “Place Names in John’s Gospel,” and (3) “Important Theological Terms in John’s Gospel.” To my knowledge, this kind of material has never before been published in such a format. It is, however, extremely useful for studying important geographical features, key characters, and significant themes in John’s gospel. Professors may want to assign one character study (e.g., Peter) and one theme study (e.g., the “world”) as major assignments in a course on Johannine theology.
Fourth, I have gathered ten substantive excursuses on Johannine themes at the end of the book. Professors could have their students read one excursus when they read each chapter (e.g., chaps. 5–14).
Special Instructions Pertaining to “Tools for Study”
While the listings in “Tools for Study” are all in English (with the transliteration of each original Greek term in brackets, as well as the number of occurrences in John’s gospel and in the New Testament as a whole), they are based on the actual use of a given Greek word. Knowing this will greatly enhance the accuracy of your findings. For example, mimnēskomai (“to remember”) occurs three times in John’s gospel, but the NIV renders it three different ways: “remembered” in 2:17; “recalled” in 2:22; and “did realize” in 12:16. Only a Greek-based tool such as the one provided in this book will enable you to trace John’s use of words, not just the translation equivalents in a given contemporary English version. And that, of course, is what we’re after to grow in our understanding of what John himself has written.
A word of caution: for completeness’ sake, I have chosen to provide exhaustive listings of all the included terms. Not all instances of a given word may, however, be equally relevant in the study of that word. Consider, for instance, the varied use of the word menō (“remain,” “stay”) in your study of discipleship. Also, keep in mind that not every listing under a given proper name may refer to the same person. Thus “Judas (not Iscariot)” is listed under “Judas” together with Judas Iscariot. Or, three different Josephs are included under the heading “Joseph.” The same observation applies to “Mary,” with the additional caution that the one person not included is the most famous of them all, Jesus’s mother, for the simple reason that she is not called “Mary” in John’s gospel! By the way, John, the author of the present gospel, likewise does not identify himself by the name of John; the simple designation “John” belongs, in the present gospel, to John the Baptist. The author’s favorite self-reference, “the disciple Jesus loved,” can be traced by looking at the listings of “disciple” ( mathētēs ) or “to love” ( agapaō as well as phileō ).
Finally, I encourage you to look up as many of the references