These are sources that I glean the most from in my own study of the Gospel of John
Commentaries
•C. K. Barrett’s, The Gospel According to John *
•G. R. Beasley-Murray, John, *
•F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John *
•Kostenberger, Andreas J. John (BECT) *
•Morris, Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John *
Other Related Books with insight into the Gospel of John
•Andrew Murray, The True Vine *
•T Austin Sparks, Discipleship in the School of Christ *
•T Austin Sparks, The School of Christ *
•Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, Volume II (The writings of John) *
•Bruce Wilkinson, Secrets of the Vine *
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Aseity of God in John
I am reading through the Gospel of John and Christian Theology edited by Richard Bauckham and Carl Mosser. This week I am reading the article by D. Jeffrey Bingham called Christianizing Divine Aseity: Irenaus Reads John.
The article points to Irenaus conviction of the Aseity of God and the reason for his focus was to combat Gnostic teachings of the time. Aseity or adversus haereses reveals Irenaeus's deep conviction of God's self-sufficiency.
"The Creator, he believes, stands in need of nothing and no one. The Father, with his Son (Word) and Spirit, needs no instruments to create. Through the agency and means of his Son and Spirit, the Father willingly and intentionally creates, governs and provides; creation and providence are mediated neither by angles nor any other creatures. As the Origionator of life, God does not need what he originates, for he is uncreated, without beginning or end, and separate from the creature. He does not need our possessions, our communion, our fruits, our offerings, our gifts, our oblations, our allengiance, our love, our obedience, our sacrifices, our service, our good works. Even the incarnation satiffies no need in God; God has no need.
The creature, however, stands in great need. Humans, for example, need many instruments to produce their intentions. But far more fundamentally, they need the Creator and to be related properly to him. They need revelation from the Father's Word and Spirit. They need for their own glorification, to be in communion with God, to be befriended by him, in fellowship with him. They need to offer something to God, to give gifts, to serve for their own benefit, fruitfulness, and glory, to provide oblations from the creations for their own education in gratitude and holy service which brings forth God's blessing. They need to obey for their own profit, to do good works so that God might recompense them with good things; to embrace righteousness and contrition that they might be justified, to bathe in the laver of regeneration that they might be cleansed."1
Irenaeus see this principle in John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. Or in John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you.. . Or 19:11 Jesus answered. "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
One of the Gnostic myths of the times was that their were angelic creators.
I see why Irenaeus would establish this principle especially in light of the common teachings of the time and the popularity of some Gnostic teachings. It brings up some questions for me. How can a relationship work with one person having no need ? Can God want our love yet not need our love ? Why would that be true ? Does God just want our worship or is their any need in Him for his creation to worship the Creator. Is there any need in God for His created to become whole and fulfill what He created them to be ? These are some questions for me to chew on.
1 the Gospel of John and Christian Theology edited by Richard Bauckham and Carl Mosser p.55
The article points to Irenaus conviction of the Aseity of God and the reason for his focus was to combat Gnostic teachings of the time. Aseity or adversus haereses reveals Irenaeus's deep conviction of God's self-sufficiency.
"The Creator, he believes, stands in need of nothing and no one. The Father, with his Son (Word) and Spirit, needs no instruments to create. Through the agency and means of his Son and Spirit, the Father willingly and intentionally creates, governs and provides; creation and providence are mediated neither by angles nor any other creatures. As the Origionator of life, God does not need what he originates, for he is uncreated, without beginning or end, and separate from the creature. He does not need our possessions, our communion, our fruits, our offerings, our gifts, our oblations, our allengiance, our love, our obedience, our sacrifices, our service, our good works. Even the incarnation satiffies no need in God; God has no need.
The creature, however, stands in great need. Humans, for example, need many instruments to produce their intentions. But far more fundamentally, they need the Creator and to be related properly to him. They need revelation from the Father's Word and Spirit. They need for their own glorification, to be in communion with God, to be befriended by him, in fellowship with him. They need to offer something to God, to give gifts, to serve for their own benefit, fruitfulness, and glory, to provide oblations from the creations for their own education in gratitude and holy service which brings forth God's blessing. They need to obey for their own profit, to do good works so that God might recompense them with good things; to embrace righteousness and contrition that they might be justified, to bathe in the laver of regeneration that they might be cleansed."1
Irenaeus see this principle in John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. Or in John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you.. . Or 19:11 Jesus answered. "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
One of the Gnostic myths of the times was that their were angelic creators.
I see why Irenaeus would establish this principle especially in light of the common teachings of the time and the popularity of some Gnostic teachings. It brings up some questions for me. How can a relationship work with one person having no need ? Can God want our love yet not need our love ? Why would that be true ? Does God just want our worship or is their any need in Him for his creation to worship the Creator. Is there any need in God for His created to become whole and fulfill what He created them to be ? These are some questions for me to chew on.
1 the Gospel of John and Christian Theology edited by Richard Bauckham and Carl Mosser p.55
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Some Johannine Literature
I found this link for references to writings about the Gospel of John.
link
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Here are some important works on the Gospel of John
Important Works on the Fourth Gospel
Background
•John Ashton, Understanding the Fourth Gospel.
•Richard Bauckham, ed., The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences
•James Charlesworth, John and the Dead Sea Scrolls
•R. Alan Culpepper and C. Clifton Black.eds., Exploring the Gospel of John
•C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth *
•James Dunn’s article, “Let John be John: A Gospel for its Time”,
•R. Kysar’s The Fourth Evangelist and His Gospel.
•Stephen Motyer, Your Father the Devil? A New Approach to John and the Jews
•John Painter’, John: Witness and Theologian
•John W. Pryor, John: Evangelist of the Covenant People.
•Stephen Smalley’s book, John: Evangelist and Interpreter,
•D. Moody Smith, The Theology of the Gospel of John,
Commentaries
•C. K. Barrett’s, The Gospel According to John *
•G. R. Beasley-Murray, John, *
•Raymond Brown, The Gospel According to John (Two volumes)
•F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John *
•D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John
•Frank Cox, According to John *
•Culpepper’s, Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel.
•C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth *
•Jonathan D. Huntzinger, John
•Craig, S. Keener , John (Two volumes)
•Craig A. Evans, Word and Glory. On The Exegetical and Theological Background of John’s Prologue.
•Kostenberger, Andreas J. John (BECT) *
•Barnabas Lindars, The Gospel of John,
•David Lipscomb, A commentary on The Gospel of John, *
•Francis J. Moloney, Belief in the Word (Two volumes- John 1-4 & Signs and Shadows: 5-12).
•Morris, Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John *
•H. Odeberg’s The Fourth Gospel
•Mark W. G. Stibbe, John’s Gospel
•C. H. Talbert’s, Reading John
•Merrill C. Tenney, John The Gospel of Belief *
•Elmer Towns, The Gospel of John Believe and Live *
•Ben Witherington’s John’s Wisdom.
History and Historicity
•Craig Blomberg, The Reliability of the Gospel of John
•C. H. Dodd’s book, Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel
•John A. T. Robinson, The Priority of John.
•The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John (Baker Academic, 2007)
Authorship
•Thomas L. Brodie, The Quest for the Origin of John’s Gospel: A Source-Oriented Approach.
•D.A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and Leon Morris, An Introduction to the New Testament
•James Charlesworth, The Beloved Disciple: Whose Witness Validates the Gospel of John? Sources
•Denaux, ed., John and the Synoptics,
•R. T. Fortna, The Gospel of Signs: A Reconstruction of the Narrative Source Underlying the Fourth Gospel,
•Martin Hengel’s, The Johannine Question,
•Barnabas Lindars, Behind the Fourth Gospel,
•D. Moody Smith, John Among the Gospels: The Relationship in Twentieth-Century Research.
•D. Moody Smith, The Composition and Order of the Fourth Gospel & Johannine Christianity: Essays on its Setting, Sources, and Theology
•Urban C. von Wahlde, The Fourth Gospel and its Predecessor and Earliest Version of John’s Gospel: Recovering the Gospel of Signs.
The Johannine Community
•Raymond Brown, The Community of the Beloved Disciple
•Oscar Cullmann, The Johannine Circle
•Bill Domeris, “Christology and Community"
•J. Louis Martyn’s History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel
•David Rensberger, Johannine Faith and Liberating Community
•Fernando F. Segovia, “The Significance of Social Location in Reading John’s Story”
•Urban C. von Wahlde, “Community in Conflict: The History and Social Context of the Johannine Community”
Theology
•The Gospel of John and Christian Theology Richard Bauckham (editor), Carl Mosser (editor) *
•Peder Borgen, “God’s Agent in the Fourth Gospel”
•Delbert Burkett, The Son of the Man in the Gospel of John.
•Maurice Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God.
•James Dunn, Christology in the Making
•J. Harris, Jesus as ‘God’
•Lars Hartman, “Johannine Jesus-Belief and Monotheism”,
•E. Harvey, “Christ as Agent”
•William Loader, The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: Structure and Issues,
•Wayne Meeks, “Equal to God”
•Wayne A. Meeks, “The Man from Heaven in Johannine Sectarianism”.
•Maarten Menken, “The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: A Survey of Recent Research”
•Francis J. Moloney, The Johannine Son of Man
•Jerome Neyrey, An Ideology of Revolt: John’s Christology in Social-Science Perspective.
•Robert Rhea, The Johannine Son of Man
•Marianne M. Thompson, The Humanity of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
Other Related Books with insight into the Gospel of John
•Andrew Murray, The True Vine *
•T Austin Sparks, Discipleship in the School of Christ *
•T Austin Sparks, The School of Christ *
•Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, Volume II (The writings of John) *
•Bruce Wilkinson, Secrets of the Vine *
I found many these on the "Christ my righteousness" blog written by Celucien L. Joseph and have added or subtracted some of my own.
Background
•John Ashton, Understanding the Fourth Gospel.
•Richard Bauckham, ed., The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences
•James Charlesworth, John and the Dead Sea Scrolls
•R. Alan Culpepper and C. Clifton Black.eds., Exploring the Gospel of John
•C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth *
•James Dunn’s article, “Let John be John: A Gospel for its Time”,
•R. Kysar’s The Fourth Evangelist and His Gospel.
•Stephen Motyer, Your Father the Devil? A New Approach to John and the Jews
•John Painter’, John: Witness and Theologian
•John W. Pryor, John: Evangelist of the Covenant People.
•Stephen Smalley’s book, John: Evangelist and Interpreter,
•D. Moody Smith, The Theology of the Gospel of John,
Commentaries
•C. K. Barrett’s, The Gospel According to John *
•G. R. Beasley-Murray, John, *
•Raymond Brown, The Gospel According to John (Two volumes)
•F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John *
•D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John
•Frank Cox, According to John *
•Culpepper’s, Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel.
•C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth *
•Jonathan D. Huntzinger, John
•Craig, S. Keener , John (Two volumes)
•Craig A. Evans, Word and Glory. On The Exegetical and Theological Background of John’s Prologue.
•Kostenberger, Andreas J. John (BECT) *
•Barnabas Lindars, The Gospel of John,
•David Lipscomb, A commentary on The Gospel of John, *
•Francis J. Moloney, Belief in the Word (Two volumes- John 1-4 & Signs and Shadows: 5-12).
•Morris, Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John *
•H. Odeberg’s The Fourth Gospel
•Mark W. G. Stibbe, John’s Gospel
•C. H. Talbert’s, Reading John
•Merrill C. Tenney, John The Gospel of Belief *
•Elmer Towns, The Gospel of John Believe and Live *
•Ben Witherington’s John’s Wisdom.
History and Historicity
•Craig Blomberg, The Reliability of the Gospel of John
•C. H. Dodd’s book, Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel
•John A. T. Robinson, The Priority of John.
•The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John (Baker Academic, 2007)
Authorship
•Thomas L. Brodie, The Quest for the Origin of John’s Gospel: A Source-Oriented Approach.
•D.A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and Leon Morris, An Introduction to the New Testament
•James Charlesworth, The Beloved Disciple: Whose Witness Validates the Gospel of John? Sources
•Denaux, ed., John and the Synoptics,
•R. T. Fortna, The Gospel of Signs: A Reconstruction of the Narrative Source Underlying the Fourth Gospel,
•Martin Hengel’s, The Johannine Question,
•Barnabas Lindars, Behind the Fourth Gospel,
•D. Moody Smith, John Among the Gospels: The Relationship in Twentieth-Century Research.
•D. Moody Smith, The Composition and Order of the Fourth Gospel & Johannine Christianity: Essays on its Setting, Sources, and Theology
•Urban C. von Wahlde, The Fourth Gospel and its Predecessor and Earliest Version of John’s Gospel: Recovering the Gospel of Signs.
The Johannine Community
•Raymond Brown, The Community of the Beloved Disciple
•Oscar Cullmann, The Johannine Circle
•Bill Domeris, “Christology and Community"
•J. Louis Martyn’s History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel
•David Rensberger, Johannine Faith and Liberating Community
•Fernando F. Segovia, “The Significance of Social Location in Reading John’s Story”
•Urban C. von Wahlde, “Community in Conflict: The History and Social Context of the Johannine Community”
Theology
•The Gospel of John and Christian Theology Richard Bauckham (editor), Carl Mosser (editor) *
•Peder Borgen, “God’s Agent in the Fourth Gospel”
•Delbert Burkett, The Son of the Man in the Gospel of John.
•Maurice Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God.
•James Dunn, Christology in the Making
•J. Harris, Jesus as ‘God’
•Lars Hartman, “Johannine Jesus-Belief and Monotheism”,
•E. Harvey, “Christ as Agent”
•William Loader, The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: Structure and Issues,
•Wayne Meeks, “Equal to God”
•Wayne A. Meeks, “The Man from Heaven in Johannine Sectarianism”.
•Maarten Menken, “The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: A Survey of Recent Research”
•Francis J. Moloney, The Johannine Son of Man
•Jerome Neyrey, An Ideology of Revolt: John’s Christology in Social-Science Perspective.
•Robert Rhea, The Johannine Son of Man
•Marianne M. Thompson, The Humanity of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
Other Related Books with insight into the Gospel of John
•Andrew Murray, The True Vine *
•T Austin Sparks, Discipleship in the School of Christ *
•T Austin Sparks, The School of Christ *
•Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, Volume II (The writings of John) *
•Bruce Wilkinson, Secrets of the Vine *
I found many these on the "Christ my righteousness" blog written by Celucien L. Joseph and have added or subtracted some of my own.
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