A Prologue to Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Its Independency, Issues, and Interpretations

by Riku P. Tuppurainen

Publisher:

Christian Focus

, 2021

Overview

The Fourth Gospel both blesses and betrays. It blesses readers who engage with its message, but it may betray those who read it nonchalantly. The notion that the Fourth Gospel is easy to understand is an enduring myth. This volume takes readers on a heuristic journey to discover the Fourth Gospel’s unique theological aspects, problematic historical matters, inimitable literary features, and various interpretive approaches using an accessible format and easy-to-read language. The purpose of this publication is to enable readers to appreciate the Fourth Gospel’s wide horizon, so necessary to understand its narratives in their historical and narrative contexts. Like the prologue of the Fourth Gospel that introduces and gives perspective on how readers should approach the rest of the Gospel, similarly, this volume introduces and gives perspective to studies in the Fourth Gospel. The text is divided into three parts, which examine its independent theology and argumentation, various outstanding issues, and its interpretation respectively. This volume is suitable for a wide readership, from Bible study groups to pastors and from undergraduate to graduate students.

Key Features

• Blesses readers who engage with its message.
• Takes readers on a heuristic journey to discover the Fourth Gospel’s unique theological aspects.
• Examines its independent theology and argumentation.

Praise for the Print Edition

Drawing from two decades in the classroom, Riku Tuppurainen organizes his thematic study of the Gospel of John around topics that have proven most helpful to students and explains them with the clarity of a master teacher. And taking his cue from the academy, he orients his readers to some of the scholarly debates about John, including the current preoccupation with reading theories, about which Tuppurainen should be praised for advancing the benefits of an integrated approach.

—Van Johnson, dean of Master’s Pentecostal Seminary, Toronto

Product Details

• Title: A Prologue to Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Its Independency, Issues, and Interpretations
• Author: Riku P. Tuppurainen
• Publisher: Christian Focus
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 396
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781725273092, 1725273098
• Resource ID: LLS:PRLGSTNTRPRTTNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-19T23:08:25Z

About Riku P. Tuppurainen

Riku P. Tuppurainen is the dean of graduate studies at Summit Pacific College, Abbotsford, British Columbia, and the senior pastor of the Finnish Bethel Church, Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the editor of Reading St. Luke’s Text and Theology: Pentecostal Voices (Pickwick, 2019).