{"product_id":"1-2-3-john-an-introduction-study-gui","title":"1 2 \u0026 3 John An Introduction \u0026 Study Gui","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis insightful study engages the debates and interpretations of the   brief and somewhat elusive writings known in the Christian canon as 1,   2, and 3 John.\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 1 identifies six unknowns about the origins   of the three writings: authors, relationship to John''s Gospel, order,   date and location of the writings, and their audiences. Chapters 2 and 3   delineate the debate concerning the relationship of these writings to a   purported “Johannine tradition” and “Johannine community” in which a   schism is claimed to have occurred. An alternative view recognizes that   while there are some connections with John''s Gospel, it is more   compelling to see the writings as independent rather than derivative,  as  internally not externally directed, as pastoral not polemical, and  as  schism-free. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters 4-7 discuss important aspects of 1  John. Chapter 4  argues that its structure or organization is based on  rhetorical and  conceptual links among the writing''s small units.  Chapter 5 reads 1 John  as a pastoral “in-house” writing, rather than a  polemical attack on  opponents. Chapter 6 identifies the genre of I John  as not a letter or  sermon but an epideictic speech that seeks to  strengthen the identity,  commitments, and practices of its believing  recipients. Chapter 7  outlines theological understandings that underpin  the writing''s pastoral  work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters 8 and 9 focus on 2 and 3  John as writings that  provide two different approaches to itinerant  teachers. The narrative  fiction in 2 John presents the elder''s warning  and skepticism about  itinerant teachers whereas the author of 3 John,  by contrast, advocates  reception and welcome for itinerant teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57214002987390,"sku":"NW9780567704214","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780567704214.jpg?v=1778543195","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/1-2-3-john-an-introduction-study-gui","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}