The essays in The Origins of Johnâs Gospel, gathered by Stanley E. Porter and Hughson T. Ong, either survey or discuss in detail various areas and topics in Johannine scholarship, especially in the study of Johnâs Gospel. These include the authorship and dating, sources, and traditions of Johnâs Gospel, its structure and composition, the Johannine community, and Johannine anti-Judaism and the Son of Man sayings. Collectively, these essays offer important contributions to various areas and topics of research relating to the origins of Johnâs Gospel.
Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988), University of Sheffield, is President, Dean and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, ON, Canada. He is author of more than 27 books in various research areas in New Testament studies.
Hughson T. Ong, Ph.D. (2015), McMaster Divinity College, is Lecturer in New Testament and Assistant Managing Editor of McMaster Divinity College Press at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, Canada. He has published numerous articles and essays on various New Testament topics.
"The selected authors and their contributions do not represent a specific âschool of thoughtâ or even a unanimous trajectory of interpretation. This conscious choice of the editors is one of the strengths of the volume. The richness of approaches delivers very individual assessments, such as innovative arguments, new evidence, fresh methodological tools. Yet the editors still manage to hold all twelve voices in the same choir by thoughtfully organizing the book."
Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski, Kingâs College London, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies 2
"This is a helpful book that brings together a number of foundational questions for studying John."
Mary L. Coloe, PBVM, University of Divinity, The Catholical Biblical Quarterly 79, 2017
Stanley E. Porter and Hughson T. Ong, The Origins of Johnâs Gospel: An Introduction
Dating, Sources, and Traditions of Johnâs Gospel
Stanley E. Porter, The Date of Johnâs Gospel and Its Origins
Ilaria Ramelli, John the Evangelistâs Work: An Overlooked Redaktionsgeschichtliche Theory from the Patristic Age
Michael Labahn, âSecondary Oralityâ in the Gospel of John: A âPost-Gutenbergâ Paradigm for Understanding the Relationship between Written Gospel Texts, Michael Labahn
Craig L. Blomberg, The Sayings of Jesus in Mark: Does Mark Ever Rely on a Pre-Johannine Tradition?
The Johannine Community
Hughson T. Ong, The Gospel from a Specific Community but for All Christians: Understanding the Johannine Community as a âCommunity of Practiceâ
Ruth Sheridan, Johannine Sectarianism: A Category Now Defunct?
Structure, Composition, and Authorship of Johnâs Gospel
Paul N. Anderson, On âSeamless Robesâ and âLeftover FragmentsââA Theory of Johannine Composition
David I. Yoon, The Question of Aporiai or Cohesion in the Fourth Gospel: A Response to Urban C. von Wahlde
Lorne Zelyck, Irenaeus and the Authorship of the Fourth Gospel, Johannine Anti-Judaism and the Son of Man Sayings
Jonathan Numada, The Repetition of History? A Select Survey of Scholarly Understandings of Johannine Anti-Judaism from Baur until the End of the Weimar Republic
Panayotis Coutsoumpos, The Origin of the Johannine âSon of Manâ Sayings
All interested in Johannine scholarship, Johnâs Gospel, the origins of the Gospels and Johnâs Gospel, and Gospel studies, including anyone interested in new methodological tools in Gospel and Johannine research.