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Preface

Table of Contents

1. Harold W. Attridge: “From Discord Rises Meaning. Resurrection Motifs in the Fourth Gospel”

1. The Tensive Elements in John’s Gospel

2. The Principal Resurrection Texts in John

Resurrection and the Son’s Equality with the Father

Resurrection and the Bread of Life

Raising a Friend from the Dead

Anointing for Resurrection

Resolution anticipated: The Farewell Discourses?

The Resurrection Accounts

3. The Tension Resolved?

2. John Painter: “The Light Shines in the Darkness. . .” Creation, Incarnation, and Resurrection in John”

1. The Relationship of the Logos to God as the Ground of Creation (1:1–3)

2. “The Light shines in the Darkness”: Intimations of an Incomplete Creation (1:4–5)

3. Intimations of the Incarnation (1:6–13)

4. The Incarnation and Its Consequences (1:14–18)

4.1. The Relationship of 1:18 to 1:1–3 and to the Body of the Gospel

4.2 The Incarnation as God’s life-giving gift

4.3. Understanding 1:18

4.4. Incarnation, Resurrection, and Creation

3. Craig R. Koester: “Jesus’ Resurrection, the Signs, and the Dynamics of Faith in the Gospel of John”

1. Signs, Resurrection, and the Question of Faith

2. Words, Signs, and Faith in the Ministry of Jesus (John 1–12)

3. Words, Resurrection Appearances, and Faith (John 20)

4. The Risen Jesus, the Gospel, and the Spirit

4. Ruben Zimmermann: “The Narrative Hermeneutics in John 11. Learning with Lazarus How to Understand Death, Life, and Resurrection”

1. Resurrection in John 11: Where Is the Problem?

2. Narrative Structure of John 11

3. The Narrative Hermeneutics in John 11

4. How to Understand Some Key Theological Terms in John 11

4.1. Death

4.2. Life and Resurrection

5. The Characters in the Narrative – Models of Misunderstanding?

5.1. Martha – Model of the Confessing Faithful?

5.2. Mary – Model of the Trusting Believer?

5.3 Preliminary Summary: Mary and Martha as Figures of Contrast

5.4. Lazarus – Model of True, Living Faith?

5.5 Conclusions: The Faith Development of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

6. Epilogue: The Resurrection of Lazarus, of Jesus, and of the Faithful Reader

5. Jean Zumstein: “Jesus’ Resurrection in the Farewell Discourses”

1. Introduction

1.1 The Hermeneutical Horizon of the Farewell Discourses

1.2 The Easter Prolepses of the Farewell Discourses

1.3 Two Controversial Passages

2. “The Coming of Christ” in the First Farewell Discourse

2.1 Easter or the Parousia?

2.2 The Johannine Interpretation of the Jesus’ Resurrection

2.2.1 The Semantic Fields in 14:18–24

2.2.2 The Argumentation

2.2.3 The Johannine Easter Gospel

2.2.4 The Second Saying about the Paraclete

3. The Coming of Christ in the Second Farewell Discourse (16:16–22)

3.1 Easter or the Parousia?

3.2 The Tension Inherent in Post-Easter Existence

3.2.1 The Riddle and the Misunderstanding (16: 16–19)

3.2.2 The Thesis (16: 20)

3.2.3 The Parable (16:21)

3.2.4 The Application (16:22)

4. Conclusion

6. Udo Schnelle: “Cross and Resurrection in the Gospel of John”

1. The Hermeneutical Perspective

2. The Potential Inherent in the Gospel Genre

3. Terminological Considerations

4. Cross and Resurrection as Guiding the Composition

5. Key Conceptual Points

6. Cross and Resurrection as Meaning – Creating Threads through John’s Gospel

7. Sandra M. Schneiders: “Touching the Risen Jesus. Mary Magdalene and Thomas the Twin in John 20”

1. Presuppositions about the Theology of John

1.1 John’s Eschatology

1.2 John’s Anthropology

2. The Structure and Dynamics of the Johannine Resurrection Narrative

2.1 The Theological Structure of John 20

2.2 The Dialectic of Sense Experience and Believing

3. Conclusions on Touching the Risen Jesus

8. Jesper Tang Nielsen: “Resurrection, Recognition, Reassuring. The Function of Jesus’ Resurrection in the Fourth Gospel”

1. Narrative Theory and Communicative Levels

2. Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy and Tragic Emotions

The Discoursive Level in Aristotle’s Poetics

The Narrative Level in Aristotle’s Poetics

Conclusion: Interaction of Communicative Levels to Evoke Tragic Emotions

3. The Fourth Gospel: Christological and Cognitive Structures

The Narrative Level of the Fourth Gospel

The Main Structure: Beginning, Middle, and End

The Substructure: Beginning and Middle

Hamartia in the Fourth Gospel

The Discoursive Level of the Fourth Gospel

Conclusion: Interaction of Communicative Levels to Reassure the Readers

4. Final Remarks

9. Reimund Bieringer: “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (John 20:17). Resurrection and Ascension in the Gospel of John

1. Syntactic Analysis of John 20:17

2. Tradition-Critical and Redaction-Critical Approaches to John 20:17

3. A Composition-Critical Approach to John 20:17

4. Conclusion

Appendix

10. Johannes Beutler: “Resurrection and the Remission of Sins. John 20:23 Against Its Traditional Background”

1. John 20:23 in Its Johannine Context

2. New Testament Traditions

3. Old Testament and Jewish Traditions

11. R. Alan Culpepper: “Realized Eschatology in the Experience of the Johannine Community”

1. Realized and Future Eschatology in John

2. Elements of Jewish and Early Christian Eschatology

2.1. The Coming of the Messiah

2.2. The Vindication of the Faithful

2.3. The Restoration of Israel

2.4. The Gathering of the Saints and the Elect from Every Nation

2.5. The Resurrection of the Dead

2.6. The Last Judgment

2.7. The Punishment of the Wicked

2.8. The Granting of Eternal Life to the Righteous

3. Realized Eschatology in the Johannine Community

3.1. Living in the Community of the Resurrection Offered an Experience of Oneness with God.

3.2. The Ideals of Life in the Community of the Resurrection, because It Is Life in the Spirit, Were Expressed in the Love Command, κοινωνία, Peace,and Joy

3.3 The Reality of Sin Became Problematic for the Community of the Resurrection

3.4. Institutional Authority Was Difficult to Establish because All Believers are Children of God, and All Possess the Paraclete

3.5. Living in the Community of the Resurrection Produced Enmity with the World. The Other Side of Enmity with the World was a Strong Mandate of Mission to the World

4. Conclusion

12. Hans-Ulrich Weidemann: “Eschatology as Liturgy. Jesus’ Resurrection and Johannine Eschatology”

1. The Easter Assembly of the Disciples (John 20)

2. Signs for “Those Who Have Not Seen”

3. Easter Account and the Farewell Discourses

4. The First Farewell Discourse (John 13:31–14:31) as the Key to the Easter Account

6. Inside and Outside: the Second Farewell Discourse (John 15:1 – 16:4a)

7. The Transition from Grief to Joy. Easter as a Symbol for Christian Existence in the Third Farewell Discourse (16:4b–33)

8. Conclusions

13. Martin Hasitschka: “The Significance of the Resurrection Appearance in John 21”

1. Relationship between John 21:1–14 and John 1–20

1.1 The Inclusio in John 21:1 and 21:14

1.2 The Group of the Seven Disciples in John 21:2

1.3 The Miraculous Catch of Fish and the Meal at the Shore in John 21:3–13

1.3.1 Reference to the Miraculous Feeding of the Crowd in John 6:1–15

1.3.2 The Giving of the Bread and the Promises in John 6:27 and 6:51

1.3.3 The Meal at the Shore and the Promise in John 6:62

1.4 Summary

2. Conversation between the Risen One and Peter in John 21:15–22

2.1 Peter is Reminded of his Denial (John 18:15–18, 25–27)

2.2 Relationship to the Good Shepherd Discourse (John 10:1–18)

2.3 Updating the Subject of Following Jesus (John 13:36–38)

2.4 Jesus “Coming” for the Parousia (John 14:2–3)

2.5 Summary

3. Main Results

Index of References

Old Testament

Apocrypha

New Testament

Extra-Canonical Jewish Writings

Dead Sea Scrolls

Extra-Canonical Early Christian Writings

Classical Writings

Index of Modern Authors