The legacy of John : second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel / / edited by Tuomas Rasimus.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 132
• TeilnehmendeR: Rasimus, Tuomas.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 132.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: The reception and development of the Johannine tradition in 1, 2, and 3 John /; The Gospel of the acts of John : its relation to the Fourth Gospel /; Whom did Jesus love most? : beloved disciples in John and other gospels /; The Trimorphic Protennoia (NHC XIII,1) and the Johannine prologue : a reconsideration /; The Johannine legacy : the Gospel and Apocryphon of John /; Ptolemaeus and the Valentinian exegesis of John's prologue /; Heracleon /; Influence and interpretation of the Gospel of John in ancient Christianity : the example of Eugnostos (NHC III,3 and V,1) /; "The orthodox Gospel" : the reception of John in the Great Church prior to Irenaeus /; The Diatessaron and the second-century reception of the Gospel of John /; John and his Gospel in the mirror of Irenaeus of Lyons : perspectives of recent research /; Johannine echoes in early Montanism /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 128294973X; 9786612949739; 904742977X
• ISSN: 0167-9732
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Tuomas Rasimus.

This volume investigates the early, second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel. This is an era when its fortunes are surrounded by silence and mystery. It was assumed, until quite recently, that Gnostic and other so-called heterodox groups were the first ones to appreciate this gospel, and hence the mainstream Christians avoided using it until Irenaeus rescued it for the church. Lately, this view has been challenged by several scholars for several reasons. The contributions in this volume, written by leading specialists in their respective fields, offer an approachable, fresh, comprehensive and up-to-date view of the second-century reception of John’s Gospel, in a situation where new understandings about various forms of early Christianity and its multiformity have started to emerge.