The Lazarus Story within the Johannine Tradition (The Library of New Testament Studies)

This Historical-critical Study Of The Gospel Of John And The First Epistle Of John Challenges The Commonly Held View That The First Johannine Epistle Is Related To The Gospel. Sproston Argues That The Two Writings Are Indirectly Related Through A Common Johannine Tradition. A Comparison Of The Two Therefore Allows Traditional Material In The Evangelist's Work To Be Isolated, Enhancing Our Understanding Of The Creative Processes Involved In Its Composition. The Account Of The Raising Of Lazarus Is Rigorously Analysed As A Test Case For This Kind Of Analysis.--book Jacket. Machine Generated Contents Note: Chapter 1 -- Joint Witnesses To What Was From The Beginning -- Investigating 1 John In Relation To The Gospel -- The Character Of The Epistle -- Linking Gospel And Epistle -- Conclusions -- Putting Theory Into Practice -- Chapter 2 -- Jesus' Love For Lazarus -- Love In The Johannine Tradition -- The Tradition On Love In The Lazarus Story -- Chapter 3 -- From Death To Life -- Eschatology In 1 John: A Shared Tradition -- John 5.24 In Synoptic Perspective -- John 5.24-29: Tradition And Interpretation -- The Tradition On Life In The Lazarus Story -- Chapter 4 -- Jesus' Prayer -- Martha's 'confession' -- Jesus' Prayer In Context -- Chapter 5 -- The Making Of The Lazarus Story -- Martha And Mary -- Lazarus -- Bethany -- Links With Synoptic Raising Accounts -- Links With Other Johannine Narratives -- 'the Jews' -- John's Source For The Miracles -- Preparation And Planning -- Preface (10.40-42) -- Introduction: Characters And Themes (11.1-4) -- Delay (11.5-6) -- Call To Martyrdom (11.7-16) -- Life-giver (11.17-27) -- 'all Change' (11.28-31) -- Life Given (11.32-37) -- Life Gained (11.38-44). Wendy E. Sproston North. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral--university Of Wales, Bangor), 1997 Under The Title: The Johannine Connection. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [164]-172) And Indexes.