Bible Survey Video Series: John
Overview
The short course on the gospel of John provides an overview of the gospel’s perspective, setting, structure, and message. John’s purpose was to show Jesus of Nazareth as divinity incarnate. It explores the genre of John and how its style and content differs from the other gospels. The course examines John in two sections after the prologue: The Book of Signs and the Book of Glory with the story of the raising of Lazarus as the hinge between the two. It presents evidence to resolve a sometimes-perceived discrepancy between the day of Jesus’s crucifixion in the synoptic gospels and the gospel of John.
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Identify key verses that show how John stresses Jesus’s identity
- Describe how John uses topics rather than chronology to organize his Gospel
- Explain how Jesus’ raising of Lazarus acts as a turning point in John’s Gospel
- Explain the importance of Jesus’s “I am” statements in John
- Describe how John portrays Jesus as the Passover Lamb
- Explain how John uses “the Jews” in his Gospel
John
- 1. The Setting and Key Verse of John
- 2. The Voice and Style of the Gospel of John
- 3. The Structure of John
- 4. The Purpose of the Gospel of John
- 5. The Genre of the Gospel of John
- 6. The Message of John
- 7. The Timing of Jesus’ Death in the Gospels
- 8. John’s Use of “the Jews”
- John Quiz
Course Quiz
- An objective exam will consist of multiple-choice and true or false questions. Use of a Bible or any other tool is not permitted for objective exams.
- Title: Bible Survey Video Series: John
- Instructor: Lynn H. Cohick
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2021
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: .5
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Dr. Lynn Cohick is professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and coauthor of The New Testament in Antiquity.
Dr. Cohick is interested in studying how average Jews and Christians lived out their faith in the ancient settings of Hellenism and the Roman Empire, as well as how Jews and Christians today can better appreciate and understand each other. She also studies women of the ancient world—especially how they celebrated their religions—and the impact of feminist thought on New Testament studies. She also enjoys studying the Apostle Paul and his epistles within their larger Jewish and Greco-Roman milieu.
Dr. Cohick had the privilege of teaching overseas at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology in Nairobi, Kenya for three years, and was challenged by the students’ dedication and sharp intellect.