John's Gospel and Intimations of Apocalyptic

Catrin H. Williams is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Wales Trinity St David, UK. Christopher Rowland is Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Queen's College, University of Oxford, UK.

• Introduction Christopher Rowland and Catrin Williams/John and Intimations of Apocalyptic: Looking Back and Looking Forward John Ashton/Text and Authority in John and Apocalyptic Judith Lieu/An Apocalypse in Reverse: An Epitome of the Gospel of John Christopher Rowland/From the Apocalypse of John to the Johannine "Apocalypse in Reverse": Intimations of Apocalyptic and the Quest for a Relationship Ian Boxall/The Divine Dwelling in Revelation 21 and in the Johannine Prologue Jorg Frey/Why are the Heavens Closed? The Johannine Revelation of the Father April DeConick/The Apocalyptic Son of Man in the Gospel of John Benjamin Reynolds/Bringing the Revelation to Remembrance: Interpreting the Johannine Spirit-Paraclete in the Light of Jewish Apocalyptic Angelus Interpres Traditions Catrin Williams/The Reader as Apocalyptist in the Gospel of John Robert G. Hall/Apocalyptic Mystagogy: Rebirth-from-above in the Reception of John's Gospel Robin Griffith-Jones/The Devil, Satan, and the Ruler of this World in the Fourth Gospel Loren Stuckenbruck/The Ruler of the World, Antichrists and Pseudo-Prophets: Johannine Variations on an Apocalyptic Motif Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer.

These essays help redefine the categories with which we approach apocalyptic writings and John’s Gospel. Instead of limiting the comparison to eschatology, they propose new ways to consider what each type of literature helps us see in the other. The result is not a new consensus, but a promising series of leads, which invite discussion around questions of how the hidden purposes of God are revealed.