The Gospel of John and Christian Theology

by Richard Bauckham (Editor), Carl Mosser

The first St Andrews Conference on Scripture and Theology (2005) brought leading biblical scholars and systematic theologians together in conversation, helping to bridge a growing gap between the two disciplines. The essays here consider John's Gospel from many angles, addressing a number of key issues that arise from a theological discussion of this text: John's dualism in our pluralist context, historicity and testimony, the treatment of Judaism, Christology, and more.

Genres: Theology, Christianity, Biblical Studies

430 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 28, 2007

About the author

Richard Bauckham (PhD, University of Cambridge) is senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge University, in Cambridge, England, where he teaches for the Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges. He is also a visiting professor at St. Mellitus College, London, and emeritus professor of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the author of numerous books.

Reviews

[Tim Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book published by Eerdmans; best essay/article/lecture is by Martin Hengel "The Prologue of the Gospel of John as the Gateway to Christological Truth". It is a 2008 collection of materials with the common theme-topic of the 4th Gospel and Systematic Theology. I also greatly admired the essay near the end (pp. 369-81) by Jurgen Moltmann (Tubingen, Germany) that concerned "God in the World -- the World in God / Perichoresis in Trinity and Eschatology". It relates a bit of the changes in theological emphases from 1960 to the 1980 systematic theology THE TRINITY & THE KINGDOM.

[Ron Willoughby · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5