The Origins Of John's Gospel

The Origins of John’s Gospel Johannine Studies Editor Stanley E. Porter Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College Hamilton, Ontario volume 2 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/jost The Origins of John’s Gospel Edited by Stanley E. Porter Hughson T. Ong leiden | boston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The origins of John's gospel / edited by Stanley E. Porter, Hughson T. Ong. pages cm. – (Johannine studies, ISSN 2214-2800 ; VOLUME 2) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-30249-5 ((hardback) : alk. paper) – ISBN 9789004303164 (e-book) 1. Bible. John–Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible. John–Evidences, authority, etc. I. Porter, Stanley E., 1956- editor. BS2615.52.O75 2015 226.5'06–dc23 2015029491 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 2214-2800 isbn 978-90-04-30249-5 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-30316-4 (e-book) Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Series Preface vii Abbreviations ix List of Contributors xii The Origins of John’s Gospel: An Introduction 1 Stanley E. Porter and Hughson T. Ong Dating, Sources, and Traditions of John’s Gospel The Date of John’s Gospel and Its Origins Stanley E. Porter 11 John the Evangelist’s Work: An Overlooked Redaktionsgeschichtliche Theory from the Patristic Age 30 Ilaria Ramelli “Secondary Orality” in the Gospel of John: A “Post-Gutenberg” Paradigm for Understanding the Relationship between Written Gospel Texts 53 Michael Labahn The Sayings of Jesus in Mark: Does Mark Ever Rely on a Pre-Johannine Tradition? 81 Craig L. Blomberg The Johannine Community The Gospel from a Specific Community but for All Christians: Understanding the Johannine Community as a “Community of Practice” 101 Hughson T. Ong The Function of Social Conflict in the Gospel of John Marc-André Argentino and Guy Bonneau 124 vi Johannine Sectarianism: A Category Now Defunct? Ruth Sheridan contents 142 Structure, Composition, and Authorship of John’s Gospel On “Seamless Robes” and “Leftover Fragments”—A Theory of Johannine Composition 169 Paul N. Anderson The Question of Aporiai or Cohesion in the Fourth Gospel: A Response to Urban C. von Wahlde 219 Dav