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The Identity of John the Evangelist
Revision and Reinterpretation in Early Christian Sources
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2020
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This book examines the various Johannine narratives found in writings in the period from Papias (early second century) to Eusebius (early fourth century). Dean Furlong argues that the first major revision of the Johannine narrative was the identification of John the Evangelist with John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee, at the beginning of the third century. This in turn initiated a process of reinterpretation, as the previously-separate narratives of the two figures were variously spun into new configurations during the third and fourth centuries. This process culminated with Eusebius’s synthesis of the Johannine traditions, which came to form the basis of what is considered the “traditional” Johannine story. Furlong concludes that in the earliest narrative, found in Papias, John the Evangelist was identified, not with the Apostle, but with another disciple of Jesus known as John the Elder.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0930-0
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978-1-9787-0931-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
191
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Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
Chapter One: Papias’s Two Johns No access
Chapter Two: The Traditions of the Death of John No access
Chapter Three: John the Evangelist in the Earliest Sources No access
Chapter Four: Hippolytus and the Claudian Exile Tradition No access
Chapter Five: Hippolytus, Gaius, and the Alogoi No access
Chapter Six: Eusebius and the Domitianic Exile Tradition No access
Chapter Seven: The Tradition of John’s Neronian Exile No access
Chapter Eight: Papian Traditions on the Gospel of John No access
Chapter Nine: John on the Τάξις of the Gospels No access
Chapter Ten: Papias and the Publication of John’s Gospel No access
