Dean Furlong

The Identity of John the Evangelist (eBook, ePUB)

Revision and Reinterpretation in Early Christian Sources

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the various Johannine narratives found in writings in the period from Papias (early second century) to Eusebius (early fourth century). Dean Furlong argues that the first major revision of the Johannine narrative was the identification of John the Evangelist with John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee, at the beginning of the third century. This in turn initiated a process of reinterpretation, as the previously-separate narratives of the two figures were variously spun into new configurations during the third and fourth centuries. This process culminated with Eusebius's synthesis of the Johannine traditions, which came to form the basis of what is considered the "traditional" Johannine story. Furlong concludes that in the earliest narrative, found in Papias, John the Evangelist was identified, not with the Apostle, but with another disciple of Jesus known as John the Elder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978709317
• Artikelnr.: 58515778

Autorenporträt

Dean Furlong is a research fellow with the Centre for Contextual Biblical Interpretation (CCBI).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section 1: The Identity of the Evangelist
Chapter 1: Papias's Two Johns
Chapter 2: The Traditions of the Death of John
Chapter 3: John the Evangelist in the Earliest Sources
Section 2: Conflated Figures, Revised Narratives
Chapter 4: Hippolytus and the Claudian Exile Tradition
Chapter 5: Hippolytus, Gaius, and the Alogoi
Chapter 6: Eusebius and the Domitianic Exile Tradition
Section 3: Towards a Reconstruction of the Earliest Tradition
Chapter 7: The Tradition of John's Neronian Exile
Chapter 8: Papian Traditions on the Gospel of John
Chapter 9: John on the ????? of the Gospels
Chapter 10: Papias and the Publication of John's Gospel
Conclusion