Christology and the History of the Johannine Community in the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel

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ID19294365
AuthorsJohn Painter (0000-0003-4155-6243, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume30
Issue3
Pages460-474
Publication date1984-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Testament Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0028-6885 • E-ISSN: 1469-8145
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0028688500007621
OpenAlexW2138148334
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

So much has been written about the Prologue that it must seem unlikely that anything new could be said about it with some claim to credibility. It is not that all problems have been resolved, or that all that needs to be said has been said. But perhaps, on the basis of existing evidence, it seems that what can be said with some probability has been said. Yet many issues remain unresolved. Are the form and content of the Prologue the consequence of the evangelist's use of a source hymn? Or was the Prologue a specially written introduction for the Gospel? If the Prologue is based on a source hymn: What was the origin of the hymn? How did it come to the evangelist and why did he use it? What was in the hymn and what was added by the evangelist? Answers to these questions are fundamental to a precise understanding of the Prologue and could throw light on the history of the Johannine community

Art · Christology · Credibility · Destiny (ISS module) · Epistemology · Gospel · Hymn · Literature · Physics · Prologue · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · History · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Theology and Canon Law Studies

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