JOHANNINE CORPUS EARLY CHURCH C

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-926458-2
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 548 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1081 g

How were the Johannine books of the New Testament received by second-century Christians and accorded scriptural status? Charles E. Hill offers a fresh and detailed examination of this question. He dismantles the long-held theory that the Fourth Gospel was generally avoided or resisted by orthodox Christians, while being treasured by various dissenting groups, throughout most of the second century. Integrating a wide range of literary and non-literary sources, this book demonstrates the failure of several old stereotypes about the Johannine literature. It also collects the full evidence for the second-century Church's conception of these writings as a group: the Johannine books cannot be isolated from each other but must be recognized as a corpus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, Charles E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Figures and Table

- Abbreviations

- Introduction

- Part I: The Orthodox Johannophobia Theory

- 1: The Making of a Consensus

- 2: The State of the Question and Plan of this Book

- Part II: The Johannine Writings in the Second Century

- 3: John among the Orthodox c.170-200

- 4: Gaius of Rome and the Johannine Controversy

- 5: John and 'the Gnostics'

- 6: John among the Orthodox, 150-c.170

- 7: John among the Orthodox, before c.150

- Part III: The 'Johannine Corpus' in the Second Century

- 8: Evidence for a Johannine Corpus

- 9: Conclusion

- Chronology

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charles E. Hill is Professor of New Testament at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando