Jesus the Messiah/Christos and John’s Christology by P. Coutsoumpos published by Brill, Netherlands (original) (raw)
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Review of Biblical Literature, 2019
Description: The culmination of a lifetime of work on the Gospel of John, William Loader's Jesus in John's Gospel explores the Fourth Gospel with a focus on ways in which attention to the structure of Christology in John allows for greater understanding of Johannine themes and helps resolve long-standing interpretive impasses. Following an introductory examination of Rudolf Bultmann's profound influence on Johannine studies, Loader turns to the central interpretive issues and debates surrounding Johannine Christology, probing particularly the death of Jesus in John, the salvation event in John, and the Fourth Gospel in light of its Christology. The exhaustive bibliography and careful, well-articulated conclusions take into account the latest research on John, ensuring that this volume will be useful to scholars and students alike. Subjects: Bible, New Testament, Johannine Literature, John, Literature, Methods, Historical Approaches, History, Jesus
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Appreciation is here also expressed to them, to the many scholars who have contributed to the discussions on many levels, and to the more than 500 scholars around the world who have asked to receive papers before they are presented in the sessions of the John, Jesus, and History Group at the SBL meetings. Attendance at our sessions has continued to be strong (ranging between 50 and 300 at the annual meetings), and we also appreciate the privilege of holding joint sessions with the Johannine Literature, Historical Jesus, and Synoptic Gospels Sections of the SBL,
The State of Johannine Christology
2022
In this paper I express my intention to explore what correctives a classical and conciliar understanding of Christology and theology proper can offer to modern (mis)understandings of John’s conception of God and Christ. The subordinationism which stems from an overemphasis of the envoy-revealer Christology is one such area where classical and conciliar Christology can help correct modern misunderstandings of John’s Gospel. By asking how the Son can be one with the Father, yet less than him in some sense, there is ample opportunity to demonstrate the superiority of pre-critical exegesis over harsh biblicist hermeneutics that dominates much of modern Johannine studies. John is an immensely theological Gospel that cries out for its interpreter to read it theologically. By abandoning Nicene and Chalcedonian categories, modern interpreters have hamstrung their exegesis, not liberated themselves from the dogma of later centuries. If we want to land safely on the other side of the choppy waves of the Johannine waters, we need a fine-tuned theological compass and experienced guides who have navigated these perilous waters before us.
Christology of St. John: The Fourth Gospel
The Christological aspects as portrayed in the Gospel of St. John, the kind of Christology in John, the Christological titles that John has used for theology and Christology and the understanding of Jesus Christ's person that John has tried to bring out in his Gospel.
Giving John a Fair Go: Christology in John and the Synoptics
Reformed Theological Review
In agreement with recent argument that the earliest Christians affirmed the divine identity of Jesus, this essay argues that differences between Christology in the Synoptics and John are too seldom assessed with sufficient care. First, the implications of the differing narrative styles of the Gospels are analysed and considered, showing how failures in this area lead to such problems as treating differences that are complementary as divisions, or differences of degree as differences of kind—thus confusing a greater presentation of Christology with a presentation of a greater Christology. Secondly, it is argued that the major Christological difference between the Gospels lies not in their content but in the way they present it. It does so by showing how the same divine Christology that is explicit in John’s prologue is implicit in Mark’s introduction and Matthew’s conclusion.
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Conspectus 32.1, pp. 7-41, 2021
This essay served as the keynote address presented at the 2021 South Africa Theological Seminary conference on "Jesus and the Fourth Gospel." The essay evaluates critically the parsimonious first three quests for the Jesus of history, demonstrating the need for an inclusive quest--one that makes use of the Johannine account, applying also new and more fitting criteria for determining gospel historicity.