Details for The Johannine Literature

Awards offering The Johannine Literature

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This course unit examines the literary forms and theological content of the New Testament Literature associated with John, with due consideration of their historical, cultural and religious settings/contexts.

Outcomes

Students should be able to:

• show a basic familiarity with the main issues associated with the study of the Johannine literature
• demonstrate an elementary knowledge of how the principal literary forms in the Johannine literature communicate their theological content
• exegete basic selected passages from the Johannine literature
• make use of secondary literature for the study of the Johannine literature.
• display a basic ability to recognise the relevance of the Johannine literature for contemporary Christian preaching, teaching and spirituality

Subject Content

1. An introduction to the Gospel and Epistles of John
2. John’s community as reflected in these texts
3. The distinctive literary style of the Gospel
4. Key theological concepts in the Johannine tradition
5. Exegesis of selected passages
6. The Revelation of John as a distinctive literary and theological unit
7. Issues of authorship in the Johannine literature

This course may be offered in the following formats

Classroom, intensive, extensive, multi-streaming and distance learning modes.

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

Minor essay, (1500 words, 30%); Exegesis, (1500 words, 30%); Major essay, (2000 words, 40%)

Representative References

Ashton, John. (ed). The Interpretation of John. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1997.
Culpepper, R. A.  The Gospel and Letters  of John. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998.
Lee, Dorothy.   The Symbolic Narratives of the Fourth Gospel.  New York: Crossroad, 2002
Moloney, Francis J. The Gospel of John. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1998.
Morris, Leon. The Gospel According to John. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995.
Painter, J. 1, 2 and 3 John. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2002.
Painter, J. The Quest for the Messiah: The History, Literature and Theology of the Johannine Community. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993.
Smith, D. M. The Theology of the Gospel of John, Cambridge, Cambridge University, 1995.