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9 - Johannine Readings of the Johannine Gospel

Reception Theology and Practice in John’s Epistles

from Part III - Gospel Reading as Ecclesial Tradition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2022

By
Andrew J. Byers
Edited by
Madison N. Pierce ,
Andrew J. Byers  and
Simon Gathercole
Madison N. Pierce
Affiliation:
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Teds)
Andrew J. Byers
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Simon Gathercole
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Summary

Whereas Luke and Matthew are literary products of gospel reading, only the Johannine corpus demonstrates within the canon how a gospel was read by a specific network of early Christian communities. The Johannine Epistles (likely penned in a context later than that of the Fourth Gospel) affirm, clarify, expand, modify, and in some cases even omit key themes emphasized by the evangelist. This unique intra-canonical reception of John affords the earliest model of an early Christian community’s gospel reading. After analyzing the broad reading dynamics imposed by the Johannine literature’s placement in the sequence of the canon, this chapter explores the interpretive practices of the Elder in order to discern a Johannine theology of textuality, writing, and gospel reading.

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John, Gospel ofJohn, Epistles ofReceptionGospelTheological InterpretationEarly Christian literatureGospel OriginsEarly ChristianityJohannine TheologyTheology
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Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature , pp. 190 - 214
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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