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Gospel

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

available to them (and also possibly the Gospel of Luke).

6. I will compare only Gospel of Mark, as it is a main

source for all later Gospels.

With the entire tradition of the Jewish Christian

apocalyptic, the idea could not be completely thrown out.

What develops from this is the Johannine "Realized

Echatology" (CH Dodd). This suggests that the "future is

here now:" resurrection, judgement and eternal life are here

.... as [you] believe in Jesus.

"He who sü8üTüsü÷üsü=ü in Him is en( condemned; but he who

does not believe is condemned already, because he

has not believed in the name of the only begotten

Son of God." -- John 3:18

I have mentioned many times that the Gospel writers were very

traditional. The Johannine Community, although disenchanted

with the idea of a "Second...

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