Jesus and His Works: The johannine sayings in historial perspective (Wissunt Zum Neuen Testament 2/85)

Cover Titel Preface Table of Contents Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 The Aim and Plan of the Book 1.2 A Survey of the Literature 1.3 The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel 1.3.1 The Internal Direct Evidence 1.3.2 The Internal Indirect Evidence 1.3.3 The External Evidence 1.3.4 Conclusion 1.4 The Fourth Gospel and the Synoptic Gospels 1.5 The Fourth Gospel and Other Possible Sources 1.6 Development Theories 1.7 Conclusion Chapter 2: The Question of Authenticity 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Problem of Definition 2.3 A Fresh Approach 2.4 A Modern Analogy 2.4.1 Type a: The Original Speech 2.4.2 Type b: A Close Translation 2.4.3 Type c: Looser Representations 2.4.3.1 Paraphrases 2.4.3.2 Summaries 2.4.3.3 Interpretative Clarifications 2.4.4 Conclusion 2.5 The Burden of Proof 2.6 The Criteria for Authenticity 2.6.1 Introduction 2.6.2 Multiple Attestation 2.6.3 Language, Culture and Personal Idiom 2.6.4 Coherence 2.6.5 Dissimilarity 2.6.6 Anti-Redactional Features 2.6.7 Synthesis 2.6.8 Summary 2.7 Conclusion Chapter 3: Authenticity and the Johannine Sayings 3.1 The Critical Problem 3.2 Some Negative Reactions 3.3 A More Positive Assessment 3.3.1 Introduction 3.3.2 Milieu 3.3.3 Points of Contact with the Synoptic Jesus 3.3.4 Style 3.4 The Critical Problem Again 3.5 The Fourth Evangelist’s Handling of Old Testament Quotations as a Clue to his Handling of the Sayings of Jesus 3.5.1 Introduction 3.5.2 Category One 3.5.3 Category Two 3.5.4 Category Three 3.5.5 Conclusions 3.6 The Johannine Sayings of Jesus Chapter 4: Jesus and His ‘Works’ 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Common Usage 4.3 Jewish Usage 4.4 Johannine Usage 4.5 Coherence with the Synoptic Evidence 4.5.1 Linguistic Coherence 4.5.2 Idiomatic Coherence 4.5.3 Theological Coherence 4.6 Conclusion Chapter 5: The Divine Imperative 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Context of John 9.3b-4 5.2.1 The Johannine Context 5.2.2 John 9.1-10.21 5.2.3 John 9.1-7 5.2.4 John 9.2-5 5.3 The Authenticity of John 9.3b-4 5.3.1 Introduction 5.3.2 The Authenticity of τοῦ πέμψαντός με 5.3.3 The Textual Crux 5.3.4 General Maxim or Personal Statement? 5.3.5 The Authenticity of John 9.4: The Criteria Applied 5.3.6 The Authenticity of the ἔργα Motif in John 9.3b-4 5.4 The Exegesis of John 9.3b-4 5.4.1 Introduction 5.4.2 John 9.4 as an Independent Saying 5.4.3 John 9.3b-4 in its Presumed Historical Context 5.4.4 John 9.3b-4 in its Total Johannine Context 5.5 The Exegesis of John 9.3b-4 in the Patristic Era 5.6 Conclusion Chapter 6: Accomplishing God’s Work 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Context of John 4.34 6.2.1 John 4.1-42 6.2.2 John 4.31-34 6.3 The Authenticity of John 4.34 6.3.1 Introduction 6.3.2 The Criteria Applied 6.4 The Exegesis of John 4.34 6.4.1 Introduction 6.4.2 John 4.34 within the Context of John 4.31-34 6.4.3 John 4.34 within the Context of John 4.1-42 6.4.4 John 4.34 in its Total Johannine Context 6.5 The Context of John 17.4 6.5.1 John 13-17 6.5.2 John 17 6.5.3 John 17.1-5 6.6 The Authenticity of John 17.4 6.7 The Exegesis of John 17.4 6.8 The Exegesis of John 4.34 and 17.4 in the Patristic Era 6.9 Conclusion Chapter 7: Doing What God Does (A) 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Context of John 5.17 7.2.1 The Johannine Context 7.2.2 John 5.1-9a 7.2.3 John 5.9b-16 7.3 The Authenticity of John 5.17 7.4 The Exegesis of John 5.17 7.4.1 Introduction 7.4.2 John 5.17 in its Presumed Historical Context 7.4.3 John 5.17 in its Total Johannine Context 7.5 The Exegesis of John 5.17 in the Patristic Era 7.6 Conclusion Chapter 8: Doing What God Does (B) 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Context of John 5.19-20 8.3 The Authenticity of John 5.19-20 8.3.1 ‘Truly, truly, I say to you ...’ 8.3.2 ‘... the Son can do nothing of his own accord ...’ 8.3.2.1 The Possible Background to the Saying 8.3.2.2 The Criteria Applied 8.3.3 ‘... and greater works than these will he show him ...’ 8.4 The Exegesis of John 5.19-20 8.4.1 ‘Truly, truly, I say to you ...’ 8.4.2 ‘... the Son can do nothing of his own accord ...’ 8.4.2.1 John 5.19-20a as a Saying of Jesus 8.4.2.2 John 5.19-20a in its Total Johannine Context 8.4.3 ‘... and greater works than these will he show him ...’ 8.5 The Exegesis of John 5.19-20 in the Patristic Era 8.6 Conclusion Chapter 9: Indicators of Jesus’ Identity 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Exegesis of the Sayings 9.2.1 John 5.36 9.2.1.1 The Context of John 5.36 9.2.1.2 The Scope of the ἔργα in John 5.36 9.2.1.3 The Exegesis of John 5.36 9.2.1.4 Conclusion 9.2.2 John 10.25, 32, 37f. 9.2.2.1 The Context of John 10.25, 32, 37f. 9.2.2.2 The Scope of the ἔργα in John 10.25, 32, 37f. 9.2.2.3 The Exegesis of John 10.25 9.2.2.4 The Exegesis of John 10.32 9.2.2.5 The Exegesis of John 10.37f. 9.2.2.6 Conclusion 9.2.3 John 14.10f. 9.2.3.1 The Context of John 14.10f. 9.2.3.2 The Scope of the ἔργα in John 14.10f. 9.2.3.3 The Exegesis of John 14.10f. 9.2.3.4 Conclusion 9.2.4 John 15.24 9.2.4.1 The Context of John 15.24 9.2.4.2 The Scope of the ἔργα in John 15.24 9.2.4.3 The Exegesis of John 15.24 9.2.4.4 Conclusion 9.2.5 Exegetical Conclusions 9.3 Coherence with the Historical Jesus 9.3.1 Introduction 9.3.2 Matthew 11.2-6 par. Luke 7.18-23 9.3.3 Matthew 11.20-24 par. Luke 10.12-15 9.3.4 Conclusion to the Argument from Coherence 9.4 The Johannine Redaction 9.5 The Exegesis of the Texts in the Patristic Era 9.6 Conclusion Chapter 10: General Conclusions 10.1 The Possibility of Finding ‘Authentic’ Sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel 10.2 The Nature of ‘Authenticity’ 10.3 The Authenticity of the Works-Sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel 10.4 The Johannine Presentation of the Works-Sayings of Jesus 10.5 The Patristic Development of the Johannine Presentation of the Works-Sayings of Jesus Appendix A: U.C. von Wahlde’s Source Theory Appendix B: Jesus’ Claim to ‘Do the Works of God’ in John 10.37f. 1 Introduction 2 Doing the Works which God Commands 2.1 Jewish Literature 2.2 The New Testament 2.3 The Fourth Gospel 2.4 Conclusion 3 Doing the Works which God Does in Imitation of Him 3.1 Jewish Literature 3.2 The New Testament 3.3 The Fourth Gospel 3.4 Conclusion 4 Doing the Works which God Does by Being the Means by which He Does them 4.1 Jewish Literature 4.2 The New Testament 4.3 The Fourth Gospel 4.4 Conclusion 5 General Conclusions Bibliography Index of Sources Author Index Subject Index