The Gospel of John
An Essay Written for
A Humanities Course That
Studies the Bible As A
Historical Document
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN:
"The Man from Heaven," "Bread of Life," "Light of The
World," "Living Water," .... and of course, "Son of Man."
This is who Jesus is in The Gospel of John. Jesus' life is
portrayed very differently from the other Synoptic Gospels;
he lives completely within symbolism, and glorification.
In reading the Gospel of John, I felt that Jesus was (more)
clear to me, unlike my feelings in reading Matthew and Mark.
Perhaps this is because I have gained knowledge of who the
historical Jesus was since my first readings. However, I
find that John writes about Jesus and Christianity more in
the way that conventional American Christianity practices
today! I see the verses most familiar to me (John 3:16), and
I see the symbolism that I am used to. Most importantly, I
see the lengthy teachings and sayings of Jesus, that are less
frequent in the earlier gospels. This is the Jesus I am used
to!
Throughout this essay, I will show the parallels and
differences from the Gospel of John and the earlier gospels
(mostly Mark), as I discuss the anonymous evangelist(s)'
conception of the word of God.
1. John 3:15
2. John 6:48
3. John 1:4
4. John 7:37-39
5. Has been believed to be: John, Son of Zebedee.
The Gospel of John was written between 90-100 ADE. A late
book in the New Testament, it deals with different problems
than the early Gospel of Mark. Although the book does not
try to stray from the special traditions of Christianity
(after all, The Christian Church has become strong by this
time), the book the Life of Jesus, to meet the needs
of the community in 100 ADE.
What were the changes that the Johannine Community had to
deal with; and, how does the Gospel of John differ from
earlier gospels to deal with these changes?
The entire new testament is apocalyptic writing, by authors
who (obviously) believe in the Parousia. We see a lot of
different religions of the time develop a "Christ" figure ...
it is a sign of the times; it reflects that most people were
desperate for help from political and social problems that
they could not escape. This is the community that the Gospel
of Mark wrote for: the desperate, looking toward their God
for help. Now the Gospel of John has to deal with the Parousia,
that Christians
believed was coming.
The Johannine author(s) clearly had the Gospel of Mark
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