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purpose of John's Gospel, Performative - Coggle Diagram
purpose of John's Gospel
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to oppose heresy?
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strengths:
4G uses key terms in these heresies but clearly re-interprets them, e.g. Jn 1:13 is a spectacular defence of Docetism
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For everyone?
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weaknesses:
Few specific emphasises on women, tax collectors, the poor, the sick, etc (like in Luke)
Against the Jews?
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stregnths:
Jews are clearly blamed for the rejection, arrest & death of Jesus (themes of conflict & rejection)
weaknesses:
Only Jewish religious leaders, not all Jews - some believe
For Gentiles?
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strengths:
Use of Greek philosophical ideas, e.g. logos, dualism, eternal life
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A gospel (meaning good news) is a unique literary genre (for or type of writing), concerning in some way with preaching of the good news. So, whatever his secondary motives, if the author wrote a gospel he was surely above all preaching a gospel to deepen the faith of believers (Smalley’s view)
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The gospel of John is not just a biography , but a theological interpretation of Jesus to promote faith (Lindar’s view)
Links to themes of selectivity, conversion & pastoral
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Performative
to convert (missionary, evangelical)
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