John's Wisdom by Ben Witherington Iii

John's Wisdom by Ben Witherington Iii

Jesus as depicted in the Fourth Gospel is remarkably dissimilar to the Jesus found in the synoptic gospels. In this book, Ben Witherington places the Gospel of John within its proper literary, historical, social, and theological contexts, especially those dealing with the wisdom traditions of Hellenistic Judaism. What emerges is a compelling argument that the Gospel of John has an agenda for mission, in addition to concerns for discipleship and community life. The book begins with an Introduction, which contains much invaluable material under the subheadings: Genre (John as ancient biography); Mode (the link to drama); Sources (John and the Synoptics, Signs Source); Authorship and Editorship (relationship between the two; Jewish background; internal and external evidence); Voice and Style (relation to Wisdom literature); Date and Provenance (relation to other Johannine material, Ephesus, last part of the first century); Purpose (analysis of John 20:31); Audience; Social Setting (consideration of Rensburger, sectarianism etc.); Structure (outline of the gospel). There follows a Commentary on the gospel covering the Original/Historical Horizon (a discussion of the critical issues about the passage in question) and more unusually, general and introductory suggestions about the application of the material. This second approach marks John's Wisdom as an exceptional work, dealing with questions raised by critical study of the passage for preachers, teachers and theological students.

Ben Witherington III has a PhD from Durham University, and was a Bye Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, in 1992. An elder of the Methodist church and a member of the Society for the Study of the New Testament, he is currently Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky. His previous books include Paul's Narrative Thought World, The Christology of Jesus and Jesus, Paul, and the End of the World.

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ISBN 13	9780718829452
ISBN 10	071882945X
Title	John's Wisdom
Author	Ben Witherington Iii
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	James Clarke & Co Ltd
Year published	1996-02-15
Number of pages	488
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