Chapter 8 Reading Guide

Jesus, the Man Sent from Heaven: The Gospel According to John
  1. How does the Johannine Prologue (1:1–18) introduce Jesus, and how do the themes found in the prologue recur throughout the Gospel?
  1. How is John different from the Synoptics in terms of its contents? Which stories are unique to John?
  1. What are the “I am” sayings in John? How are they relevant to John’s overarching message about Jesus?
  1. How does Jesus’ teaching differ in John, when compared to the Synoptic Gospels?
  1. What is meant by the term “signs” in relation to John’s Gospel?
  1. What is distinctive about the Farewell Discourse in John’s Gospel?
  1. What evidence is there that John used written sources for his Gospel? Did John know the Synoptics?
  1. What are three sources scholars have hypothesized behind John’s narrative?
  1. How does the Gospel of Judas differ from the canonical Gospels?
  1. How does the author of John deal with apocalypticism?
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