MILESTONES IN NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN MODERN INTERPRETATION

Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay

EDITORS

The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation

© 2018 by Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay

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To All Those Johannine Scholars

Who Have Gone Before Us

CONTENTS

Series Introduction

Preface

List of Contributors

Introduction to The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation

Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay

Brooke Foss Westcott: Johannine Scholar Extraordinaire

Stanley E. Porter

Adolf Schlatter’s Contribution to Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel

Robert Yarbrough

C. H. Dodd and Johannine Scholarship

Beth M. Stovell

Rudolf Bultmann and the Johannine Literature

Bryan R. Dyer

John A. T. Robinson: Provocateur and Profound Johannine Scholar

Stanley E. Porter

Raymond E. Brown and the Fourth Gospel: Composition and Community

Joshua W. Jipp

Leon Morris on John’s Gospel: An Assessment and Critical Reflection on His Scholarship

Andreas J. Köstenberger

R. Alan Culpepper and the Literary Approach to John’s Gospel

Ron C. Fay

Conclusion to The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation

Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay

Scripture Index

Author Index

SERIES INTRODUCTION

The Milestones in New Testament Scholarship (MNTS) series fills a necessary place between a proper biography and a dictionary entry. Each person chosen as a subject of a chapter has had a major influence upon how scholarship, and usually along with it lay readers, have thought about a specific book, group of books, or topic in the New Testament. The history of scholarship leaves certain fingerprints that stand out more than others; yet many times some important makers of fingerprints are overlooked due to the time period in which they lived, the circumstances in which they wrote, or the influence of one of their contemporaries. MNTS will often shine a light on significant scholars who have been overlooked, while also giving space to those whose names are nearly synonymous with the books they studied.

The vision for this series is to cover numerous books and topics in the New Testament, with each volume providing a small snapshot of milestones in New Testament scholarship. We seek to balance canonical studies with textual ...

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About The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation

The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation provides a unique look at the lives and work of eight interpreters who have significantly influenced Johannine studies over the last two centuries. The chapters contain short biographical sketches of the scholars that illuminate their personal and academic lives, followed by summaries and evaluations of their major works, and concluding with an analysis of the ongoing relevance of their work in contemporary Johannine scholarship.

Key thinkers surveyed include C. H. Dodd, Rudolph Bultmann, Raymond Brown, Leon Morris, and R. Alan Culpepper. An introduction and conclusion by general editors Stanley Porter and Ron Fay trace the development of Johannine scholarship from F. C. Baur to the present, and examine how these eight scholars’ contributions to Johannine studies have shaped the field. Anyone interested in the recent history of the study of John will find this volume indispensable.

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