edited a vital collection of essays, What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies. In 2006 Paul Anderson published The Fourth Gospel and the Quest for Jesus: Modern Foundations Reconsidered. Clearly, modern Johannine studies have entered a new era. Some would say that an entire paradigm shift is underway. (1) One trend we have already seen. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls sparked a renewed interest in the Jewish background of the Fourth Gospel. But
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