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9 - Johannine Readings of the Johannine Gospel
from Part III - Gospel Reading as Ecclesial Tradition
- By Andrew J. Byers
Edited by Madison N. Pierce, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Teds), Andrew J. Byers, University of Cambridge, Simon Gathercole, University of Cambridge
Book:

Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature

Published online:

27 January 2022

Print publication:

17 February 2022, pp 190-214
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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.