Die Herrlichkeit des Gekreuzigten

On his way towards a thorough commentary on John, Jörg Frey presents 17 (partly) extensive studies on John from 15 years, together with a new introduction. The subject is the history of research, the history-of-religions background of the gospel, the reception of the Synoptic tradition, the profile of the Johannine communities and the image of the »Jews« in the Gospel. Other articles deal with the metaphor of bread in John 6, the relevance and function of Johannine »dualism«, the particular shape of the Johannine theology of the cross and the understanding of the doxa -motif and, finally, eschatology and ethics in John. Throughout the volume, John is read as a theological work, as a post-Easter anamnesis of the Christ event on the background of Synoptic traditions. Its objectives are to lead to a deepened understanding of Christ and crucifixion and resurrection that tries to communicate the view of the glory of the crucified one.