What we have heard from the beginning : the past, present, and future of Johannine studies / Tom Thatcher, editor. [print]

Preface : The purpose and plan of this book Tom Thatcher -- Second thoughts on the fourth Gospel John Ashton -- Response : Why should historical criticism continue to have a place in Johannine studies? / Wendy E.S. North -- In search of a new synthesis Johannes Beutler -- Response : Johannine exegesis in transition : Johannes Beutler's search for a new synthesis Carsten Claussen -- The Scriptures and the words and works of Jesus Peder Borgen -- Response : Living word(s) and the bread of life Michael Labahn -- Three revolutions, a funeral, and glimmers of a challenging dawn Thomas L. Brodie -- Response : Inspecting an aerial photograph of John's engagement with sources Catrin H. Williams -- Reflections upon a Johannine pilgrimage D.A. Carson -- Response : Progress and regress in recent Johannine scholarship : reflections upon the road ahead Andreas J. Kostenberger -- Pursuing the elusive R. Alan Culpepper -- Response : To what end, methodology? / Stan Harstine -- The Gospel and the Epistles of John read against the background of the history of the Johannine communities Marinus de Jonge -- Response : The combination of a literary and a historical approach to the Gospel of John Peter G. Kirchschlaeger -- The Gospel of John and the signs gospel Robert T. Fortna -- Response : The fourth Gospel in first-century media culture Tom Thatcher -- What's the meaning of this? : reflections upon a life and career Robert Kysar -- Response : Is history history? / David Rensberger -- The Johannine community among Jewish and other early Christian communities J. Louis Martyn -- Response : Reading history in the fourth Gospel Adele Reinhartz -- Into narrative and beyond Francis J. Moloney -- Response : The beyond beckons Mary Coloe -- The prologue and chapter 17 of the Gospel of John John F. O'Grady -- Response : The prologue and Jesus' final prayer Dorothy Lee -- The signs of the Messiah and the quest for eternal life John Painter -- Response : The Johannine conception of authentic faith as a response to the divine initiative Paul N. Anderson -- Remaining in his word : from faith to faith by way of the text Sandra M. Schneiders -- Response : Ideologies past and present Colleen Conway -- Johannine studies and the geopolitical : reflections upon absence and irruption Fernando F. Segovia -- Response : Toward an interdisciplinary approach to Johannine studies Francisco Lozada Jr. -- The problem of history in John D. Moody Smith -- Response : Genre, sources, and history Craig S. Keener -- Tradition, exegetical formation, and the Leuven hypothesis Gilbert Van Belle -- Response : The Leuven hypothesis in C/catholic perspective Peter J. Judge -- The road ahead : three aspects of Johannine scholarship Urban C. von Wahlde -- Response : Combining key methodologies in Johannine studies Felix Just.

Written in a conversational and reflective tone, these articles offer an overview of the major issues in the study of the Fourth Gospel and 1-2-3 John. What is produced is a composite of two disparate genres: the history of research and the professional memoir.

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