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£117.50

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199264582
Number of Pages: 548
Published: 18/03/2004
Width: 16.3 cm
Height: 24.2 cm
How were the Johannine books of the New Testament received by second-century Christians and accorded scriptural status? Charles E. Hill offers a fresh and detailed examination of this question. He dismantles the long-held theory that the Fourth Gospel was generally avoided or resisted by orthodox Christians, while being treasured by various dissenting groups, throughout most of the second century. Integrating a wide range of literary and non-literary sources, this book demonstrates the failure of several old stereotypes about the Johannine literature. It also collects the full evidence for the second-century Church's conception of these writings as a group: the Johannine books cannot be isolated from each other but must be recognized as a corpus.
List of Figures and Table ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; PART I: THE ORTHODOX JOHANNOPHOBIA THEORY ; 1. The Making of a Consensus ; 2. The State of the Question and Plan of this Book ; PART II: THE JOHANNINE WRITINGS IN THE SECOND CENTURY ; 3. John among the Orthodox c.170-200 ; 4. Gaius of Rome and the Johannine Controversy ; 5. John and 'the Gnostics' ; 6. John among the Orthodox, 150-c.170 ; 7. John among the Orthodox, before c.150 ; PART III: THE 'JOHANNINE CORPUS' IN THE SECOND CENTURY ; 8. Evidence for a Johannine Corpus ; 9. Conclusion ; Chronology ; Bibliography ; Index

Charles E. Hill (, Professor of New Testament at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando)

Charles E. Hill is Professor of New Testament at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando

Given Hill's exhaustive and challenging scholarship, we anticipate that the next two works will likewise advance Johannine scholarship and foster further debate. * The Catholic Biblical Quarterly * Seldom does one encounter a book that both challenges so trenchantly perspectives advocated by so many and makes the case so persuasively. * The Catholic Biblical Quarterly *