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Is the Fourth gospel accurate and reliable? Should it be considered a primary authority or as a secondary reference? Is it inerrant or should it be considered apocryphal having elements of truth but much fiction?
Josiah will address the issues based on critical scholarship and comparative analysis between the Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospels
An article on the Gospel of John vs the Synoptic Gospels: https://wayofchrist.faith/the-problem-of-the-fourth-gospel/
A pdf of the presentation can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xDeP3rU73Sls1qlV0pUxwDI1NVDYR_uQ/view?usp=sharing
James D. G. Dunn, Christianity in the Making, Volume 1, Jesus Remembered, Paperback Edition, 2019
“Few scholars would regard John as a source for information regarding Jesus life and ministry in any degree comparable to the Synoptics. It is worth noting briefly the factors which have been considered of enduring significance on this point. One is the very different picture of Jesus ministry, both in the order and significance of events (particularly the cleansing of the temple and the raising of Lazarus) and the location of Jesus ministry (predominantly Jerusalem rather than Galilee). Another is the striking difference in Jesus style of speaking (much more discursive and theological, in contrast to the aphoristic [marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning] and parabolic style of the Synoptics). As Strauss had already pointed out, this style is consistent, whether Jesus speaks to Nicodemus, or to the widow at the well, or to his disciples, and very similar to the style of the Baptist, as indeed of 1 John. The inference is inescapable that the style is that of the Evangelist rather than that of Jesus. Probably most important of all, in the Synoptics Jesus’ principal theme is the Kingdom of God and he rarely speaks of himself, whereas in John the Kingdom hardly features and the discourses are largely vehicles for expressing Jesus’ self-consciousness and self-proclamation. Had the striking ‘ I am’ self-assertions of John been remembered as spoken by Jesus, how could any evangelists have ignored them so completely as the gospels do? On the whole then, the position is unchanged: John’s gospel cannot be regarded as a source for the life and the teaching of Jesus of the same order as the Synoptics… We shall certainly want to call upon John’s gospel as a source, but mostly as a secondary source to supplement or corroborate the testimony of the Synoptic tradition.” (Page 165-167)
About James Dunn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dunn_(theologian)
Numerous excerpts and book references detailing the issues with the Gospel of John: lukeprimacy.com/criticism-of-john
The case for Luke-Acts Primacy: lukeprimacy.com
#integritysyndicate #LukeActsPrimacy
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Is the Fourth gospel accurate and reliable? Should it be considered a primary authority or as a secondary reference? Is it inerrant or should it be considered apocryphal having elements of truth but much fiction?
Josiah will address the issues based on critical scholarship and comparative analysis between the Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospels
An article on the Gospel of John vs the Synoptic Gospels: https://wayofchrist.faith/the-problem-of-the-fourth-gospel/
A pdf of the presentation can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xDeP3rU73Sls1qlV0pUxwDI1NVDYR_uQ/view?usp=sharing
James D. G. Dunn, Christianity in the Making, Volume 1, Jesus Remembered, Paperback Edition, 2019
“Few scholars would regard John as a source for information regarding Jesus life and ministry in any degree comparable to the Synoptics. It is worth noting briefly the factors which have been considered of enduring significance on this point. One is the very different picture of Jesus ministry, both in the order and significance of events (particularly the cleansing of the temple and the raising of Lazarus) and the location of Jesus ministry (predominantly Jerusalem rather than Galilee). Another is the striking difference in Jesus style of speaking (much more discursive and theological, in contrast to the aphoristic [marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning] and parabolic style of the Synoptics). As Strauss had already pointed out, this style is consistent, whether Jesus speaks to Nicodemus, or to the widow at the well, or to his disciples, and very similar to the style of the Baptist, as indeed of 1 John. The inference is inescapable that the style is that of the Evangelist rather than that of Jesus. Probably most important of all, in the Synoptics Jesus’ principal theme is the Kingdom of God and he rarely speaks of himself, whereas in John the Kingdom hardly features and the discourses are largely vehicles for expressing Jesus’ self-consciousness and self-proclamation. Had the striking ‘ I am’ self-assertions of John been remembered as spoken by Jesus, how could any evangelists have ignored them so completely as the gospels do? On the whole then, the position is unchanged: John’s gospel cannot be regarded as a source for the life and the teaching of Jesus of the same order as the Synoptics… We shall certainly want to call upon John’s gospel as a source, but mostly as a secondary source to supplement or corroborate the testimony of the Synoptic tradition.” (Page 165-167)
About James Dunn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dunn_(theologian)
Numerous excerpts and book references detailing the issues with the Gospel of John: lukeprimacy.com/criticism-of-john
The case for Luke-Acts Primacy: lukeprimacy.com
#integritysyndicate #LukeActsPrimacy
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