The Prologue of the Gospel of John

Jan G. van der Watt (Herausgegeben von) Born 1952; emeritus professor of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) as well as research associate University of the Free State (South Africa).R. Alan Culpepper (Herausgegeben von) Born 1946; 1974 Ph.D.; 1995-2016 Dean and Professor of New Testament at the McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University; since 2016 retired.Udo Schnelle (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1952; Studium, Promotion und Habilitation in Göttingen; Pastor der Hannoverschen Landeskirche; 1986-92 Professor für Neues Testament in Erlangen, 1992-2017 in Halle; seit 2017 im Ruhestand.

• Part 1: Confronting the Challenges of the PrologueR. Alan Culpepper: The Prologue as Theological Prolegomenon to the Gospel of John - John Ashton: Really a Prologue? - William R. G. Loader: The Significance of the Prologue for Understanding John's Soteriology - Jan G. van der Watt: John 1:1 - A "Riddle"? Grammar and Syntax Considered - Catrin H. Williams: (Not) Seeing God in the Prologue and Body of John's Gospel - Ruben Zimmermann: John (the Baptist) as a Character in the Fourth Gospel: The Narrative Strategy of a Witness Disappearing - Michael Theobald: Eine Gemeinschaft von "Zeugen" (von Joh 1:7, 15 bis 3 Joh 12): Beobachtungen zur Genese des Corpus Iohanneum auf der Basis des Prologs - Christos Karakolis: The Logos-Concept and Dramatic Irony in the Johannine Prologue and NarrativePart 2: Reading the Language and Concepts of the Prologue in Their Philosophical ContextUdo Schnelle: Philosophische Interpretation des Johannesevangeliums: Voraussetzungen, Methoden und Perspektiven - Jörg Frey: Between Torah and Stoa: How Could Readers Have Understood the Johannine Logos? - Craig R. Koester: "Spirit" (Pneuma) in Greco-Roman Philosophy and the Gospel of John - George L. Parsenios: Confounding Foes and Counseling Friends: Parrēsia in the Fourth Gospel and Greco-Roman Philosophy - Marianne Meye Thompson: "Light" (φῶς): The Philosophical Content of the Term and the Gospel of John - Jean Zumstein: "Zeichen" (σημεῖον): Philosophischer Inhalt und Gebrauch des Begriffs im Johannesevangelium