The Epistles of John : translated, with introduction, notes, and commentary /
The Epistles of John : translated, with introduction, notes, and commentary /
by Raymond E. Brown.
- 1st ed.
- Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1982.
- xxviii, 812 pages ; 25 cm.
- The Anchor Bible ; v. 30 .
- Bible. 1964 ; English. Anchor Bible. v. 30. .
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 786-787).
Information from tradition -- Designation as Catholic Epistles and Epistles of John -- Attitudes toward these epistles in the first five centuries -- Problems of Johannine authorship -- Did the same author write all three epistles? -- Did the same author write the fourth Gospel and the epistles? -- In what sequence were the Gospel and the epistles written? -- Source theories for the origin of I John -- The German theory of an antithetical-statement source -- Other source theories -- Origin of I and II John belong in a struggle with adversaries -- Which views in I and II John belong to the adversaries -- Resconstructed portrait of the adversaries -- The theory adopted in this commentary -- Brief statement of theory -- The secessionists' relation to the fourth Gospel -- The epistolary author's relation to the fourth Gospel -- The aftermath -- Structure and text -- The structure of I John -- The text of the epistles -- General bibliography for the Johannine Epistles -- Bibliographies; surveys -- Commentaries or general analyses -- Epistolary theology -- Authorship issues -- Source theories -- Life and setting of the community -- Structure of I John -- Text -- Miscellaneous works cited in this commentary -- The First Epistle of John -- The prologue (1:1-4) -- The Gospel of God as Light; three boasts and three opposite hypotheses (1:5--2:2) -- Three claims of intimate knowledge of God to be tested by behavior (2:3-11) -- Admonitions to believers: having conquered the evil one, they must resist the world (2:12-17) -- Warning against the secessionists as antichrists who deny the Son and the Father (2:18-27) -- God's children versus the devil's children (2:28--3:10) -- The Gospel of loving one another (3:11-24) -- The spirits of truth and deceit, and their respective adherents (4:1-6) -- Loving one another as a way of abiding in and loving God (4:7--5:4a) -- Faith as conqueror of the world and the role of testimony (5:4b-12) -- The conclusion (5:13-21) -- The Second Epistle of John -- The Third Epistle of John.
A lengthy introduction which discusses the authorship of the Epistles of John, their relationship to the Fourth Gospel, and what they demononstrate about the followers of John, precedes a detailed commentary on the text of the Epistles themselves.
0385056869 9780385056861
81043380
(AMICUS)000002802339
Bible.--Epistles of John--Commentaries.
Bible., N.T., Epistles of John - Commentaries.
Bible.--New Testament.--Epîtres de Jean--Commentaires.
Bible.--Epistles of John.
Bibel 1. 3 --Johannesbrief
Brieven van Johannes (bijbelboeken)
Reference works.
Commentaries.
Reference works.
BS192.2.A1 1964 BS2803 / .G3 vol. 30 BS2805.3 / .B76 1982
227/.94077
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 786-787).
Information from tradition -- Designation as Catholic Epistles and Epistles of John -- Attitudes toward these epistles in the first five centuries -- Problems of Johannine authorship -- Did the same author write all three epistles? -- Did the same author write the fourth Gospel and the epistles? -- In what sequence were the Gospel and the epistles written? -- Source theories for the origin of I John -- The German theory of an antithetical-statement source -- Other source theories -- Origin of I and II John belong in a struggle with adversaries -- Which views in I and II John belong to the adversaries -- Resconstructed portrait of the adversaries -- The theory adopted in this commentary -- Brief statement of theory -- The secessionists' relation to the fourth Gospel -- The epistolary author's relation to the fourth Gospel -- The aftermath -- Structure and text -- The structure of I John -- The text of the epistles -- General bibliography for the Johannine Epistles -- Bibliographies; surveys -- Commentaries or general analyses -- Epistolary theology -- Authorship issues -- Source theories -- Life and setting of the community -- Structure of I John -- Text -- Miscellaneous works cited in this commentary -- The First Epistle of John -- The prologue (1:1-4) -- The Gospel of God as Light; three boasts and three opposite hypotheses (1:5--2:2) -- Three claims of intimate knowledge of God to be tested by behavior (2:3-11) -- Admonitions to believers: having conquered the evil one, they must resist the world (2:12-17) -- Warning against the secessionists as antichrists who deny the Son and the Father (2:18-27) -- God's children versus the devil's children (2:28--3:10) -- The Gospel of loving one another (3:11-24) -- The spirits of truth and deceit, and their respective adherents (4:1-6) -- Loving one another as a way of abiding in and loving God (4:7--5:4a) -- Faith as conqueror of the world and the role of testimony (5:4b-12) -- The conclusion (5:13-21) -- The Second Epistle of John -- The Third Epistle of John.
A lengthy introduction which discusses the authorship of the Epistles of John, their relationship to the Fourth Gospel, and what they demononstrate about the followers of John, precedes a detailed commentary on the text of the Epistles themselves.
0385056869 9780385056861
81043380
(AMICUS)000002802339
Bible.--Epistles of John--Commentaries.
Bible., N.T., Epistles of John - Commentaries.
Bible.--New Testament.--Epîtres de Jean--Commentaires.
Bible.--Epistles of John.
Bibel 1. 3 --Johannesbrief
Brieven van Johannes (bijbelboeken)
Reference works.
Commentaries.
Reference works.
BS192.2.A1 1964 BS2803 / .G3 vol. 30 BS2805.3 / .B76 1982
227/.94077