What is the Johannine prologue? Flashcards

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Where do Matthew and Luke both begin?

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Jesus’ birth

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Where does Mark begin?

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His baptism by JTB

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How does John begin?

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The creation of the universe and a mystical poem that never mentions Jesus by name, but still links him to God, the OT and JTB

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What is a prologue?

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An introductory passage at the of a longer piece of work that sets out the main themes and concerns

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How does Morna Hooker describe the role of the prologue?

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‘The beginning of the story hints at the ideas that will be made plain at the end’

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Why does Morna Hooker call the prologue the ‘glorious key’?

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Because it focuses on the glory of Christ - his supernatural character as a divine theme on Earth

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How do most scholars view the prologue?

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A hymn that sums up Jonn’s view of JC

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Substantiate the idea that the prologue was a hymn that was later added to the gospel

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  • Some terms that are important in the prologue don’t appear in the rest of the gospel
  • Their is a big change in style from the prologue to the rest of the story
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9
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What is the phrase ‘in the beginning’ at the start of the prologue a refernce to?

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Genesis

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How is the introduction of the theme of light a refernce to Genesis?

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God’s first act in Genesis was the creation of light

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The prologue seems like somewhat of an interruption. What has this led many scholars to believe?

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That it originally came from a separate poem and the two were merged together

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How does John’s gospel present JTB?

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As a ‘witness’ to God’s work

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What does the author take effort to point out JTB is not?

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The Logos, as John believes this is JC instead

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How do some scholars explain the fact that the author plays down the importance of JTB?

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They suggest that there may have been a rival group who worshipped JTB instead of JC

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15
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State verse 9

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‘The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world’

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16
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What is verse 9 a refernce to?

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The key Johannine idea of incarnation - a divine force from the beginning of time entering the physical world

17
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State verse 11

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‘He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him’

18
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What is verse 11 a refernce to?

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The theme of mistaken identity - the Light from God is not recognised by the people when they meet him

19
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State verse 12

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‘Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God’

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What is verse 12 a refernce to?

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The theme of becoming children of God through faith. This is the idea that believing in the light changes humans from ordinary beings into divine creatures