Identity of John the Evangelist - Revision and Reinterpretation in Early Christian Sources

Informationen zum Autor Dean Furlong is a research fellow with the Centre for Contextual Biblical Interpretation (CCBI). Klappentext This book examines how the identification of John the Evangelist with the Apostle John, the son of Zebedee, from around the third century, gave rise to various conflated narratives. Dean Furlong argues that this culminated in Eusebius's synthesis of the traditions, which provided the template for the traditional Johannine narrative. Zusammenfassung This book examines how the identification of John the Evangelist with the Apostle John, the son of Zebedee, from around the third century, gave rise to various conflated narratives. Dean Furlong argues that this culminated in Eusebius’s synthesis of the traditions, which provided the template for the traditional Johannine narrative. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionSection 1: The Identity of the EvangelistChapter 1: Papias's Two JohnsChapter 2: The Traditions of the Death of JohnChapter 3: John the Evangelist in the Earliest SourcesSection 2: Conflated Figures, Revised Narratives Chapter 4: Hippolytus and the Claudian Exile TraditionChapter 5: Hippolytus, Gaius, and the AlogoiChapter 6: Eusebius and the Domitianic Exile TraditionSection 3: Towards a Reconstruction of the Earliest TraditionChapter 7: The Tradition of John's Neronian ExileChapter 8: Papian Traditions on the Gospel of JohnChapter 9: John on the ¿¿¿¿¿ of the GospelsChapter 10: Papias and the Publication of John's GospelConclusion

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• Authors: Dean Furlong
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781978709300
• ISBN: 978-1-978709-30-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Christentum, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Christianity, authorship fourth gospel, authorship of john, authorship of revelation, domitian nero revelation, identity beloved disciple, irenaeus date revelation, martyrdom apostle john, papias elder john , papia, History of Religion, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis