Is John's Gospel True?This study demonstrates that the Gospel attributed to John gives an inaccurate account of the life and teaching of Jesus. It shows that this Gospel was finished during a fierce conflict between the Johannine community and the Jewish community. During this conflict, the Johannine community hailed Jesus as God, and declared that the Jews were children of the devil. They attributed their beliefs to Jesus, and portrayed him as quarrelling with the Jews as they did. Consequently, this document is fiercely anti-Jewish and has been used to fuel anti-semitism - reasons for the author to challenge the fitness of John's Gospel to be in anyone's sacred scriptures. |
Contents
CHRISTOLOGY | 53 |
BANNED FROM JEWISH MEETINGS | 57 |
JOHN THE BAPTIST | 69 |
CONTENT AND STYLE | 89 |
Some recent scholarship | 105 |
THE JOHANNINE COMMUNITY | 123 |
AUTHORSHIP AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHY | 140 |
CRUCIFIED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE | 178 |
WHAT IS TRUTH? | 218 |
Notes | 230 |
Bibliography | 240 |
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THE PRIORITY OF JOHN | 199 |
Common terms and phrases
anointing anti-Jewish Aramaic argument attributed authorship believe beloved disciple Casey central Chapter chief priests Christ Christian community Christology church Cleansing Coakley confession context covenantal nomism crucified death declares deity disciple whom Jesus discourse Dodd Ephesus eucharist evidence example faith Father follows fourth evangelist fourth Gospel Gentile self-identification Greek historical Jesus Holy Spirit infer interpretation Ioudaioi Israel Jerusalem Jesus loved Jewish authorities Jewish community Jewish identity Jewish meetings Jews Johannine account Johannine community John the Baptist John's Josephus Judaeans Judaism judgement kingdom Lazarus legitimating Luke main points major Mark Mark's Matthew means messiah Morris Moses narrative Paraclete passages Passover Pharisees Pilate pre-existence prediction prophet pseudepigraphical reason rebirth reference rejection replacement resurrection rewriting rewritten Robinson Roman sabbath salvation saying scripture secondary seen Sitz im Leben son of Zebedee sources story synoptic Gospels Temple term Testament tradition translation true Wahlde Westcott witness word