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.

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.

Table of Contents

The reception and development of the Johannine tradition in 1, 2, and 3 John / Raimo Hakola -- The Gospel of the acts of John : its relation to the Fourth Gospel / István Czachesz -- Whom did Jesus love most? : beloved disciples in John and other gospels / Marvin Meyer -- The Trimorphic Protennoia (NHC XIII,1) and the Johannine prologue : a reconsideration / Paul-Hubert Poirier -- The Johannine legacy : the Gospel and Apocryphon of John / John D. Turner -- Ptolemaeus and the Valentinian exegesis of John's prologue / Tuomas Rasimus -- Heracleon / Einar Thomassen -- Influence and interpretation of the Gospel of John in ancient Christianity : the example of Eugnostos (NHC III,3 and V,1) / Anne Pasquier -- "The orthodox Gospel" : the reception of John in the Great Church prior to Irenaeus / Charles E. Hill -- The Diatessaron and the second-century reception of the Gospel of John / Nicholas Perrin -- John and his Gospel in the mirror of Irenaeus of Lyons : perspectives of recent research / Bernhard Mutschler -- Johannine echoes in early Montanism / Turid Karlsen Seim.