The Gospel according to John

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The Gospel according to John

• Background
• author John, possibly a follower of the
  Beloved Disciple
• audience Hellenized Jewish Christians of the
  Diaspora
• date 85 -100 AD

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The Gospel according to John

• Contrast with Synoptics
• no narrative parables
• significant unique material
• longer ministry/multiple visits to Jerusalem
• high christology
• longer dialogues/fewer brief sayings
• realized eschatology

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The Gospel according to John

• Cultural highlights
• Judaism
• Council of Jamnia (shemoneh Esreh, minim)
• progressive expulsion from synagogues (Jn
  9.22,12.42, 16.2)
• Rome
• Emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan
• Pliny the Younger
• Wisdom traditions
• logos
• creative aspect
• glory of God
• light
• Polemics
• John the Baptist
• the Jews
• gnosticism/docetism

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The Gospel according to John

• Structure of John's Gospel
• Prologue 1.1-18
• Book of Signs 1.19-12.50
• Book of Glory 13-20
• Epilogue 21

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The Gospel according to John

• The Prologue
• Pre-existent creative Word of God
• Incarnation
• Law/Grace and Truth
• Light and Life

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The Gospel according to John

• The Book of Signs
• 1.19-51
• Lamb of God
• Follow Me
• references to Daniel 7.13-14 and Gen 28.12-15
• 2
• First Sign The Wedding at Cana
• Cleansing the Temple
• 3
• Nicodemus
• Commentary and Testimony

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The Gospel according to John

• The Book of Signs
• 4
• The Samaritan Woman
• Second Sign the Official's Son
• 5
• Third Sign Paralytic on Sabbath
• Discourse on Authority
• 6
• Fourth Sign Feeding the 5000 (institution of
  Eucharist)
• Fifth Sign walking on water
• I Am the Bread of Life

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The Gospel according to John

• The Book of Signs
• 7
• More on Authority
• I Am the Living Water
• 8
• The Adulteress
• I Am the Light of the World
• Before Abraham was, I AM
• 9
• Sixth Sign The Man born Blind

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The Gospel according to John

• The Book of Signs
• 10
• I am the sheep-gate
• I am the good shepherd
• Transition begins
• 11
• Seventh Sign Raising of Lazarus
• I am the Resurrection and the Life
• Plots against Jesus
• 12
• Mary and Judas
• Plot against Lazarus
• Triumphal Entry
• The Hour has Come

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The Gospel according to John

• Book of Glory
• 13
• The Last Supper
• Service
• Betrayal
• Love one another

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The Gospel according to John

• The Book of Glory
• 14
• Final Discourse part 1 Reassurance
• 15-16
• I am the Vine
• Final Discourse part 2 Persecution, Consolation
• 17
• Final Discourse part 3 Invocation (the Priestly
  Prayer)

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The Gospel according to John

• The Book of Glory
• 18-19
• The Passion
• Arrest 18.1-11
• Caiaphas 18.12-27
• Roman Trial 18.28-19.16
• Crucifixion 19.17-37
• Burial 19.38-42
• 20
• Resurrection
• 21
• Epilogue