Johannine Christianity

Johannine Christianity brings together ten important essays on the sources, setting and theology of the Gospel of John.

The work of Professor Moody Smith has for many years been central to the advance of Johannine scholarship. Johannine Christianity brings together ten important essays on the sources, setting and theology of the Gospel of John. Together, they both confirm Professor Moody Smith's pre-eminence in his field and illuminate the important development in Johannine scholarship in recent years.

Professor Moody Smith holds that the sources, setting and theology of Johannine Christianity are closely related matters. He begins with an overview of the setting for Johannine Christianity and a survey of the different approaches that scholars have used to integrate these three aspects of the gospel. Three sections then follow with essays on sources, John and the synoptic gospels, and Johannine theology.

Because of Professor Smith's facility in presenting complicated material in a readable style, Johannine Christianity wil not only be of great value to New Testament students and scholars but also accessible for anyone interested in the New Testament.

D. Moody Smith is George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament at The Divinity School, Duke University.