The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church [Paperback]

The books traditionally associated with John the Apostle constitute a major portion of the Christian New Testament. The influence of these books, particularly the Gospel according to John and the book of Revelation, has been immense both in Christianity and in Western culture. This study provides a fresh examination of how these books were accepted--or not accepted--in the early Church, and in so doing demonstrates why long-held theories about them must be discarded and replaced.

Part I: The Orthodox Johannophobia Theory
1. The Making of a Consensus
2. The State of the Question
3. Consequences of the Question
4. The Three Empirical Bases for the Consensus
5. The Orientation of the Following Study
6. An Observation about Method: The Quotation Standard
Part II: The Johannine Writings in the Second Century
7. John among the Orthodoxc.170-200
8. John and 'The Gnostics'
9. John among the Orthodox, before 170
Part III: The Evidence for a Johannine Corpus
10. Evidence from Common Use
11. Evidence from Intertextual Use
12. The Manuscript Evidence
13. The Johannine Writings, in Corpus and Canon
Part IV: Brief Concluding Essay
14. The Myth of Orthodox Johannophobia
15. The Consciousness of a Johannine Corpus
16. Johannine Origins and History

...a fascinating overview of all relevant material concerning the question of possible uses of John during the second century. Hill obviously has provided an important and challenging piece of scholarship. Current and future scholars working on the Johannine corpus or on the early Christian reception of New Testament texts definitely will have to refer to Hill's book. --Theological Studies

...a meticulous examination of the evidence for possible use of the Gospel and other Johannine writings. Hill's careful study is clearly a significant scholarly contribution that any slÃ+