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W. (William) Sanday. The Criticism of the Fourth Gospel
The Criticism of the Fourth Gospel
Table of Contents
PREFACE
LECTURE I. SURVEY OF RECENT LITERATURE
1. Conservative Opinion
2. Mediating Theories
3. Partition Theories
4. Uncompromising Rejection
5. Recent Reaction
LECTURE II. CRITICAL METHODS. THE OLDEST SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL
I. i. Defects in the Methods of current Criticism
ii. Instances in which Criticism has corrected itself
iii. Examples of Mistaken Method as applied to the Fourth Gospel
II. The Oldest Solution of the Problem of the Fourth Gospel
LECTURE III. THE STANDPOINT OF THE AUTHOR
I. The Gospel is put forward as the Work of an Eye-witness
i. Passages which make a direct claim
ii. Passages in which the impression conveyed is indirect
II. The Identity of the Evangelist
LECTURE IV. THE PRAGMATISM OF THE GOSPEL
Different Kinds of Precision in Detail
i. Pilgrimages
ii. Ceremonies
iii. The Temple
iv. Sects and Parties
v. Jewish Ideas and Dialectic
vi. The Messianic Expectation
LECTURE V. THE CHARACTER OF THE NARRATIVE
I. Alleged Discrepancies with the Synoptic Narrative. i. The Scene of the Ministry
ii. The Duration of the Ministry
iii. The Cleansing of the Temple
iv. The Date of the Last Supper and of the Crucifixion
II. The alleged Want of Development in St. John’s Narrative
i. Anticipated Confessions
ii. The Use of the Word ‘Believe.’
iii. Traces of Development in the Fourth Gospel
III. The Nature of the Discourses
IV. The Presentation of the Supernatural. i. The treatment of Miracle in the Fourth Gospel
ii. Method of approaching the Question of Miracle
iii. The Gospel embodies ocular Testimony
iv. A Patristic Parallel
LECTURE VI. THE DOCTRINE OF THE LOGOS, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE GOSPEL
I. Affinities of the Logos doctrine
1. Partial parallels in O. T. and Judaism
2. The Evangelist not a philosopher
3. Points of Agreement with Philo
4. Absence of Philonian Catch-words
5. More fundamental differences
iv. Possible avenues of connexion
II. Relation of the Prologue to the rest of the Gospel. 1. View of Harnack
2. View of Grill
3. View of Loisy
LECTURE VII. The Christology of the Gospel
1. The Gospel not a Biography
2. The Christology of St. John compared with that of St. Paul and of the Epistle to the Hebrews
3. Comparison with the Synoptic Gospels
4. Interpretation of these Relations between the Synoptic Gospels, St. Paul and St. John: Alternative Constructions
Two Preliminary Remarks
5. Objections to the Critical Theory
6. Larger Objections
LECTURE VIII. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE GOSPEL
I. Summary of the Internal Evidence
II. The External Evidence. 1. The Position at the end of the Second Century
2. Earlier Evidence
III. Unsolved Problems. 1. The relation of the Gospel to the Apocalypse
2. The date of Papias
3. The death of the Apostle John
4. The son of Zebedee and the beloved disciple
5. John of Ephesus and his Gospel
Epilogue on the Principles of Criticism
INDEX
