John's Apologetic Christology
Subtitle: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 17, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521803489
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the New Testament; Person and offices; Early church, ca. 30-600; Religion - Biblical Studies; Apologetics; N.T.; Religion; John; History of doctrines; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600; Religion / Bible / Study / Old Testament; Theology; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; Christian Theology - Apologetics; Bible; Biblical teaching; Jesus Christ
First sentence: In recent times an area which has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention is the development of Christian doctrine, and in particular Christology.
Description: "The Gospel according to John presents Jesus in a unique way as compared with other New Testament writings. Scholars have long puzzled and pondered over why this should be. In this book, James McGrath offers a convincing explanation of how and why the author of the Fourth Gospel arrived at a christological portrait of Jesus that is so different from that of other New Testament authors, and yet at the same time clearly has its roots in earlier tradition.

McGrath suggests that as the author of this Gospel sought to defend his beliefs about Jesus against the objections brought by opponents, he developed and drew out further implications from the beliefs he inherited. The book studies this process using insights from the field of sociology which helps to bring methodological clarity to the important issue of the development of Johannine Christology."--BOOK JACKET.