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    The document provides an overview of the influences and background of the Johannine literature. It discusses how John's Gospel was influenced by Greek philosophy and concepts of light, truth, and dualism. It was also possibly influenced by Philo of Alexandria and Gnosticism. The Gospel combines elements of the original Jewish Christianity symbolized by Peter and the gentile Christianity of Paul. The Gospel's language and thoughts did not originate from Palestinian Judaism like the Synoptic Gospels. Scholars continue to examine the various philosophical, religious, and cultural backgrounds that may have influenced the vocabulary and worldview of the Apostle John in the Gospel and other Johannine works. The Old Testament imagery in John helps convey the theological

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    The document provides an overview of the influences and background of the Johannine literature. It discusses how John's Gospel was influenced by Greek philosophy and concepts of light, truth, and dualism. It was also possibly influenced by Philo of Alexandria and Gnosticism. The Gospel combines elements of the original Jewish Christianity symbolized by Peter and the gentile Christianity of Paul. The Gospel's language and thoughts did not originate from Palestinian Judaism like the Synoptic Gospels. Scholars continue to examine the various philosophical, religious, and cultural backgrounds that may have influenced the vocabulary and worldview of the Apostle John in the Gospel and other Johannine works. The Old Testament imagery in John helps convey the theological

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    Topic: The influences, Background, tradition of Johnannine literature

    Subject: Jesus Tradition in the Johannine writing


    Submitted By: Duanchuingam Gonmei – B.D IV (B)

    Reflection from the reading above topic.

    John gospel influences the Greek-Hellenistic gospel where their languages and their thought are from
    the school of Greek philosophies thought. John’s concept of the word from the Greek ideas abstract
    ideas of light and truth of the gospel of John (John 18:38) and the dualistic of the divine light/darkness.
    John gospel was also influence by the Jew philosopher by the name Philo of Alexandria (20BCE- 50
    CE). And also possible influence of the Gnosticism. We also understand that the original Christianity
    was the Jews Christianity and symbolise by peter and that was oppose by gentile Christianity
    symbolise by Paul and those two ideas got combined up into what we called Johannine literature. And
    so we talk about this as law for Jews Christianity and grace for Paul Christianity and the law of love
    for Johannine Christianity. John gospel may also be influence of mandaean and theirs writing where
    about Jews stories and Gnostic stories and pulling them together or mixing it together we called it
    Syncretism. All of these possible theories agree on the fact that John language and though did not
    stand from the Palestinian though of Jesus what the synoptic gospel does. So from here we can
    understand that john gospel is very much in the Greek philosophy. Its also influence the rabbinic
    Judaism Literature that help us to understand the fourth gospel better: to say that Rabbinic Judaism
    forms parts of John’s conception background is not farfetched. This leads us to study of the Qumran
    revolution and John Johannine literature also possible Influence Samaritan background where
    Samaitan focused on mosses with great attention. However, we cannot say that the Samaritan
    background is the milieu of John. One would need to come up with more convicing of a Samaritan
    background for John.

    Own Reflection

    In the gospel of John the scholars continue to riveted on the possible backgrounds of the vocabulary
    and the though world of the Apostle John. Former generation of Scholars would rooted that
    background for example, purely in Greek categories, like the mystery religions or Gnosticism or they
    might root it. for example, in the Hellenistic Judaism says that the Platonism of Philo but more recent
    scholars rightly think rather route to the background in Palestinian Judaism not unlike the community
    that we associate with the Dead Sea Scrolls in fact the Dead Sea Scroll and the gospel of John have a
    very similar perspective on eschatology. When we comes to the book of Revelation, one of the most
    exciting areas of research for that book is to look at what we call the possibility that it’s an ex-phrases,
    it is a narrative reading of art, or architecture. For example Revelation 17 is and ex-phrase, it’s really
    portraits a narrative portraits of the day aroma coin which is minted in AD 71, both of them have very
    similar portraits of Rome except. Of course John is more polemical so there is a lot of exciting
    research going on with regard to the Johannian literature.
    The Johannine Literature has an enduring significance for us. It comprise as so many beloved texts
    from beloved disciple. It is important to recognise that the Old Testament imagery that is been use in
    the gospel of John to convey the theological importance of Christ. And we see the love of Christ
    clearly portraits in the Johannine literature.

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