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THE ST. ANDREWS CONFERENCE ON SCRIPTURE AND THEOLOGY The disciplines of biblical studies and systematic theology were long considered natural partners. However, in the modern period, especially in the last few decades, they have increasingly grown apart. In the process, they have become so absorbed with their own concerns that they often seem to have lost the means to effectively communicate with each other. Paradoxically, while these disciplines have been growing apart, within each there has been increasing interest in interdisciplinary work with such diverse disciplines as literary studies, the social sciences, and philosophy. The reasons why biblical studies and systematic theology have grown apart are many and varied in nature. In recent years some scholars in both disciplines have become concerned about it. The St. Andrews Conferences on Scripture and Theology held every few years at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, attempt to bridge the divide between biblical scholars, systematic theologians, and other scholars concerned to read Scripture theologically. This is not done through hermeneutical or methodological quick fixes. Rather, it is done through sustained and patient discussion between scholars from both sides of the disciplinary divide as they together grapple to understand the Scriptures of the Christian Church and their theological implications. This volume contains papers from one of these conferences whose contents will generate fruitful discussion and revitalize the natural partnership between the two disciplines. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Edited by Richard Bauckham and Carl Mosser Contents CONTRIBUTORS viii Introduction x Richard Bauckham JOHN AND OUR PLURALIST CONTEXT Johannine Dualism and Contemporary Pluralism 3 Stephen C. Barton Johannine Dualism and Contemporary Pluralism 19 Miroslav Volf THOSE WHO HAVE READ JOHN BEFORE US Christianizing Divine Aseity: Irenaeus Reads John 53 D. Jeffrey Bingham Anglican Approaches to St. John's Gospel 68 Rowan Williams Glory or Persecution: The God of the Gospel of John in the History of Interpretation 82 Tord Larsson HISTORY AND TESTIMONY IN JOHN The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: From What Perspective Should It Be Assessed? 91 C. Stephen Evans The Fourth Gospel as the Testimony of the Beloved Disciple 120 Richard Bauckham JOHN AND "THE JEWS" Bridging the Gap: How Might the Fourth Gospel Help Us Cope with the Legacy of Christianity's Exclusive Claim over Against Judaism? 143 Stephen Motyer Anti-Judaism, the Jews, and the Worlds of the Fourth Gospel 168 Judith Lieu "The Jews Who Had Believed in Him" (John 8:31) and the Motif of Apostasy in the Gospel of John 183 Terry Griffith "The Father of Lies," "the Mother of Lies," and the Death of Jesus (John 12:20- 33) 193 Sigve K. Tonstad PERSPECTIVES ON THE RAISING OF LAZARUS The Lazarus Story: A Literary Perspective 211 Andrew T. Lincoln The Raising of Lazarus in John n: A Theological Reading 233 Marianne Meye Thompson The Lazarus Narrative, Theological History, and Historical Probability 245 Alan J. Torrance CHRISTOLOGY The Prologue of the Gospel of John as the Gateway to Christological Truth 265 Martin Hengel The Testimony of Works in the Christology of John's Gospel 295 Murray Rae On Guessing Points and Naming Stars: Epistemological Origins of John's Christological Tensions 311 Paul N. Anderson Narrative Docetism: Christology and Storytelling in the Gospel of John 346 Kasper Bro Larsen USING JOHN IN THE THEOLOGICAL TASK TODAY "The Truth Will Set You Free": Salvation as Revelation 359 Anastasia Scrutton God in the World-the World in God: Perichoresis in Trinity and Eschatology 369 Jurgen Moltmann INDEX OF ANCIENT PERSONS 382 INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS 384 INDEX OF PLACE NAMES 390 INDEX OF SCRIPTURES AND OTHER ANCIENT WRITINGS 391 Contributors Paul N. Anderson is Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University. Stephen C. Barton is Reader in New Testament at Durham University and a non- stipendiary minister at St. John's Church, Neville's Cross, Durham. Richard Bauckham is Professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of St. Andrews. D. Jeffrey Bingham is Chair and Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University. Terry Griffith is Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Bexleyheath, England, and Associate Research Fellow at Spurgeon's College. Martin Hengel is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tubingen. Kasper Bro Larsen is Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Aarhus. Tord Larsson is Visiting Lecturer, University of Uppsala, Sweden. Judith Lieu is Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Andrew T. Lincoln is Portland Professor of New Testament, University of Gloucestershire. Jurgen Moltmann is Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tubingen.
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