What John Knew and What John Wrote

This book investigates whether or not the author of John could have crafted his Gospel with knowledge of the Synoptics. By comparing John’s reuse of material in the Gospel and the Jewish Scriptures with passages in the Synoptic record, Wendy E.S. North concludes that John wrote his gospel with knowledge of the Synoptic texts at certain points.

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In this book, Wendy E. S. North investigates whether or not the author of John could have crafted his Gospel with knowledge of the Synoptics. Unlike previous approaches, which have usually treated the Gospel according to John purely as a piece of literature, this book undertakes a fresh approach by examining how John’s author reworks material that can be identified within his own text and also in the Jewish Scriptures. An assessment of these techniques allows North then to compare the Gospel of John with its Synoptic equivalents, and to conclude at last that John indeed worked with the knowledge of the Synoptic texts at certain points.