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The Gospel and Letters of John: Interpreting Biblical Texts Series is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, R. Alan Culpepper considers both the Gospel and the Letters of John. The book begins with a close look at the relationship between John and the Synoptics and a summary of John's distinctive thought and language. The second chapter addresses the fascinating issues regarding the origins of the Gospel and the letters: authorship, sources, and composition. The history of the...

between them are equally significant. Here we will treat the differences under five rubrics: journeys, chronology, signs, teachings, and Christology. One of the more apparent differences among the Gospels is their account of Jesus’ journeys. Only Matthew and Luke contain accounts of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, and only Matthew records the holy family’s flight to Egypt. According to the Synoptics, after Jesus was baptized he was tempted in the wilderness for forty days and then spent the