The Shepherd Discourse of John 10 and its Context

This volume examines one of the best-known, yet most intriguing of Jesus' discourses within the Fourth Gospel.

Johannes Beutler (Edited by), Robert T. Fortna (Edited by)

9780521020602, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2005

184 pages, 8 tables
21.6 x 13.9 x 1.1 cm, 0.246 kg

This volume, which emerges from an SNTS seminar in 1985–1986, analyses one of the best-known, but also one of the most intriguing, of Jesus' discourses within the Fourth Gospel. Previous studies of the Shepherd Discourse have concentrated either on its historical setting in the life of Jesus (Simonis) or on the prehistory of its text (Bullmann and his school). The present study, consisting of essays written by an international team of specialists, adopts a more contextual approach. The Shepherd Discourse is here situated in the text of the Fourth Gospel, with particular emphasis on the preceding chapter and on the subsequent Passion narrative. The internal coherence of John 10 so becomes clearer, and it is seen that - in spite of its links with Gnostic ideas - the roots of the Discourse in Old Testament and Jewish texts about the shepherds of Israel become apparent.

Introduction J. Beutler and R. T. Fortna
1. Open questions of John 10 U. Busse
2. Der altestamentlich-judische Hintergrund der Hirtenrede in John 10 J. Beutler
3. The history of religions boackground of John 10 J. Turner
4. Tradition, history and intepretation in John 10 J. Painter
5. John 10 and its relation to the Synoptic Gospels M. Sabbe
6. A syntactical and narratological reading of John 10 in coherence with chapter 9 J. A. Du Rand
7. Johannes 10 im kontext des vierten evangeliums H. Thyen.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]