Engaging with C.H. Dodd on the gospel of John: sixty years of tradition and interpretation
C. H. Dodd's Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel, published in 1963, marked a milestone in New Testament research and has become a standard resource for the study of John. Historically biblical scholars have concentrated on the Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. However, Dodd'...
| Summary: | C. H. Dodd's Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel, published in 1963, marked a milestone in New Testament research and has become a standard resource for the study of John. Historically biblical scholars have concentrated on the Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. However, Dodd's book encouraged scholars to take John seriously as a source for the life of Jesus. This volume both reflects upon and looks beyond Dodd's writings to address the implications, limitations and potential of his groundbreaking research and its programmatic approach to charting a course for future research on the Gospel of John. Leading biblical scholars demonstrate the recent surge of interest in John's distinctive witness to Jesus, and also in Dodd's work as the harbinger of advancements in the study of the Fourth Gospel. This volume will be invaluable to all those studying the New Testament, Johannine theology and the history of the early Church. The semeiotics of history: C.H. Dodd on the origins and character of the Fourth Gospel / Tom Thatcher -- C.H. Dodd as a precursor to narrative criticism / R. Alan Culpepper -- Progress and paradox: C.H. Dodd and Rudolf Bultmann on history, the Jesus tradition, and the Fourth Gospel / Craig R. Koester -- Symbolism in John's Gospel: an evaluation of Dodd's contribution / Jan van der Watt -- C.H. Dodd on John 13:16 (and 15:20): St John's knowledge of Matthew revisited / Gilbert Van Belle and David R.M. Godecharle -- John and the rabbis revisited / Catrin H. Williams -- Characters who count: the case of Nicodemus / Jaime Clark-Soles -- C.H. Dodd, the historical Jesus, and realized eschatology / Urban C. von Wahlde -- Historical tradition(s) and/or Johannine redaction?: a reflection on the threefold repetition of Pilate's statement, 'I find no guilt in him' (John 18:38b; 19:4,6) / Hellen Mardaga -- Incidents dispersed in the Synoptics and cohering in John: Dodd, Brown, and Johanine historicity / Paul N. Anderson -- Reflections on a footnote / John Ashton -- The anointing in John 12:1-8: a tale of two hypotheses / Wendy E.S. North -- Eucharist and Passover: the two 'loci' of the liturgical commemoration of the Last Supper in the early church / Michael Theobald -- The Fourth Gospel and the founder of Christianity: the place of historical tradition in the work of C.H. Dodd / John Painter |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139565168 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139565165 |