The Legacy of John

Second-Century Reception of the Fourth Gospel
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17633-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Reihe: Novum Testamentum, Supplements

This volume investigates the early, second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel. This is an era when its fortunes are surrounded by silence and mystery. It was assumed, until quite recently, that Gnostic and other so-called heterodox groups were the first ones to appreciate this gospel, and hence the mainstream Christians avoided using it until Irenaeus rescued it for the church. Lately, this view has been challenged by several scholars for several reasons. The contributions in this volume, written by leading specialists in their respective fields, offer an approachable, fresh, comprehensive and up-to-date view of the second-century reception of John’s Gospel, in a situation where new understandings about various forms of early Christianity and its multiformity have started to emerge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rasimus, Tuomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors: Raimo Hakola, István Czachesz, Marvin Meyer, Paul-Hubert Poirier, John D. Turner, Tuomas Rasimus, Einar Thomassen, Anne Pasquier, Charles E. Hill, Nicholas Perrin, Bernhard Mutschler, Turid Karlsen Seim.

Über Autor(innen)

Tuomas Rasimus, Ph.D., Th.D. (2006–7), earned his doctorates from a joint degree between Université Laval and University of Helsinki. He has published articles related to Gnosticism, New Testament and Neoplatonism, and is the author of Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking (Brill, 2009).