The Beloved Disciples in Conflict?

Informationen zum Autor Ismo Dunderberg is Docent of New Testament, University of Helsinki. Klappentext Was the Gospel of John written in critical response to the Gospel of Thomas, an early collection of Jesus's sayings? Or was it directed to the Christians among whom Thomas originated? Ismo Dunderberg challenges these views, arguing that the two gospels were written at about the same time but without knowledge of each other. He also offers a thorough discussion of the identity and functions of the enigmatic Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John, throwing new light on this figure by comparing it to other beloved' disciples of Jesus in early Christian literature. Zusammenfassung Could it be that the Gospel of John was written in response to the Gospel of Thomas, an early collection of Jesus's sayings? Or was the enigmatic Beloved Disciple in John's Gospel in fact Thomas? Ismo Dunderberg provides a critical examination of these theories. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: John and Thomas in conflict - about what? 3: The figure of Thomas in the Gospel of John 4: Jesus's I-sayings in Thomas and their relationship to Johannine traditions 5: The Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John 6: The Beloved Disciple and Thomas 7: The Beloved Disciple in context 8: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Ismo Duderberg, Ismo Dunderberg
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2006
• EAN: 9780199284962
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928496-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations, The Early Church