NT016-612 - The Fourth Gospel (English)

  • 2,679 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 6
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • new testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

NT001-512, NT001-712 or NT003-512, NT003-712

Exclusions

NT017

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Developing knowledge and understanding of the Gospel of John in the English text

B. Be able to

1. Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding the Gospel of John

2. Reflect Critically on the main themes and theological teachings of the Gospel of John

3. Exegete selected passages of the English text of the Gospel of John

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of the Gospel of John to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

Candidates are required to learn and employ exegetical methods of modern critical scholarship. 

Candidates may not take any unit in which they repeat material completed in another unit.

  1. The theology of the Fourth Gospel, including such topics as: Christology; pneumatology; the church; eschatology; salvation/life/judgement; sacraments; faith and signs.
  2. The critical issues in the Fourth Gospel, such as: authorship; dating; provenance; formation of and historical background to the gospel; John and the synoptic gospels and the gospel tradition.
  3. Exegesis of the English text of John 1–8, 14–16 (or a comparable block of chapters)

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Recommended:

Culpepper, R. A., and C. C. Black (eds), Exploring the Gospel of John (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996).

Ferreira, J., Johannine Ecclesiology (Sheffield: SAP, 1998).

Fortna, R. T. and T. Thatcher (eds), Jesus in Johannine Tradition (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001).

Painter, J., R. A. Culpepper and F. Segovia (eds), Word, Theology and Community in John (St. Louis, MO: Chalice, 2002).

Porter, S. E. and C. A. Evans (eds), The Johannine Writings: A Sheffield Reader (Sheffield: SAP, 1995).

Smalley, S. S., John: Evangelist & Interpreter (Exeter: Paternoster, 1998).

Smith, D. M., The Theology of the Gospel of John (Cambridge: CUP, 1995).

 

Commentaries:

Brown, R. E., An Introduction to the Gospel of John (New Haven: Yale Univeristy Press, 2003).

Carson, D. A., The Gospel According to John (Leicester: IVP, 1991).

Keener, C. S., The Gospel of John: A Commentary (2 Vols; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003).

Köstenberger, A. J., John (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004).

Moloney, F. J., The Gospel of John (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1998).

Ridderbos, H., The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997).

Witherington, B., John’s Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel (Lousville: Westminster John Knox, 1995).

Kysar, R., John-The Maverick Gospel (Lousville KY: Westminster John Knox, 2007).

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