God is the Gospel

“The most important person in Paul’s Letter to the Romans is God”-Leon Morris

Important Works on the Fourth Gospel

Background •C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth•James charlesworth, John and the Dead Sea Scrolls•Stephen Motyer, Your Father the Devil? A New Approach to John and the Jews•Richard Bauckham, ed., The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences•James Dunn’s article, “Let John be John: A Gospel for its Time”, •John Ashton, Understanding the [...]

John and the Synoptics: Differences and Similarities

It is evident to note that John’s Gospel and the Synoptics (Matthew, Mark, & Luke) have some differences and similarities. The Synoptics share common sayings of the historical Jesus whereas the Gospel of John differs greatly and is written independently. Though, all the four Evangelists wrote from the perspective of an eye-witness(witnesses), except for Mark. [...]

Quote of the Day

” It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were into the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.” -John 13:1

Jesus’ foreknowledge of events in the Gospel of John

The author of the fourth Gospel records events that Jesus expressed explicit insight or foreknowledge about. Here is a select list of Johannine references: •Concerning man in general,” But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in [...]

Kostenberger on John’s Creation Theology

In Jon’s creation theology, which explicitly makes what was “in the beginning” (Jn 1:1; cf. Gn 1:1) with the incarnation of Christ, the above painted scenario forms the backdrop against which Jesus’ coming is more readily understood. For man’s sin had resulted in the loss of life, plunging humanity into moral darkness. The crying need [...]

ISSUES IN NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES Bibliography

The bibliography on “Issues in New Testament Studies” has four sections: 1- The Original Quest2- The Second Quest3- Jesus Seminar and the Renewed New Quest4- Third Quest, Consistent Eschatology, and Others Bibliography 1.Original Quest Harnack, Adolf. What Is Christianity? Translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders. New York: Harper & Row, 1957. Kaehler, Martin. The So-Called Historical [...]

Jesus Research Bibliography

Anderson, C. C. Critical Quests of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1969. ________. The Historical Jesus: A Continuing Quest. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1972. Anderson, Hugh. Jesus and Christian Origins. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. ________, ed. Jesus: Great Lives Observed. Englewood Clifs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1967. Aulen, Gustaf. Jesus in Contemporary Historical [...]

New blog added

Davit Ritzema’s excellent New Testament Studies blog is added to my blog roll. One thing David and I have in common is that we’re writing on the same topic: “The Historical Jesus, Christology and the Formation of the Gospel of John,” whereas he focuses on “The Historical Jesus and the Gospel of John. Check it [...]

Jesus and His Bible

Jesus’ interpretation of his Bible proceeds from his recognition of the canon of sacred books accepted by the main-stream Judaism of his day and from his settled conviction that these writings, rightly understood, were the expression of the mind of God through faithful prophets. The exposition of the received scripture is, then, the sum and [...]