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From John’s Jesus to the Gnostic Christ: The Johannine Epistles and Beyond
1. How is John different from the Synoptics in terms of its overall portrayal of Jesus: who he was, what he said, and the significance of what he did?
2. What is the “socio-historical” method, and how does it work?
3. What evidence suggests that the traditions of John’s Gospel underwent a long period of formation, and that the history of the community affected its retelling of its stories about Jesus?