Recently added articles from Interpretation:
Editorial
Oct 01, 2009; ... In the past half century, studies on the Gospel of John have increasingly explored the role of the church in the gospel's message. This issue connects readers with this ongoing work by offering essays from four major contributors to Johannine scholarship that address different aspects of the ...
The Quest for the Church in the Gospel of John
Oct 01, 2009; ... From the earliest centuries, the Gospel of John has been embraced as the church's gospel. The first commentaries on any book of the New Testament were written on the Gospel of John. Nothing matches the beauty and lofty Christology of its poetic prologue, words that more than any others guided ...
The Gospel of John: The "End" of Scripture
Oct 01, 2009; ... The explicit citations of the sacred Scriptures of Israel in the Gospel of John are plotted to culminate in Jesus' final word from the Cross. The words of Jesus are regularly presented as the fulfillment of Scripture, and his words are even read as Scripture. The Gospel of John is a presentation ...
Temple Imagery in John1
Oct 01, 2009; ... The narrative of the Fourth Gospel shows the tranference of the meaning of Israel's temple as the dwelling place of God. The temple shifts in meaning from a building to the person of Jesus and then to the community of believers. When reading a gospel, the first thing to note is its ...
Judaism in the Gospel of John
Oct 01, 2009; ... The Gospel of John is a sublime theological work describing an exalted vision of the cosmic harmony between God and humankind as mediated by the Divine Word. At the same time, the gospel also vilifies nonbelievers and identifies them with a historical group, "the Jews," in a manner that ...