Wisdom Christology in the Fourth Gospel Book

	Table of Abbreviations
	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Wisdom in Biblical and Early Jewish Literature and Its Transformation in the Johannine Prologue	9
	Wisdom in Biblical and Early Jewish Literature	9
	Pictures of Wisdom	10
	Job	10
	Proverbs	11
	Sirach	13
	Baruch	15
	Wisdom of Solomon	16
	Philo	18
	Similitudes of Enoch	20
	Tannaitic Literature	21
	Place and Function of Wisdom	23
	Literary Category	23
	Function	26
	The Transformation of Wisdom in the Johannine Prologue	31
	Wisdom Parallels	31
	The Function of Wisdom in the Prologue	43
2	Wisdom Themes in the Johannine Portrait of Jesus	49
	Preexistence	50
	Descent-Ascent	56
	Presupposition: Spatial Dualism	57
	The Father Sent the Son	59
	Ascent	63
	The Son of Man	64
	Revelation-Hiddenness	66
	Presupposition: Intimacy	67
	Will	68
	Knowledge	70
	Love	75
	Revelation	80
	Discourse of Revelation	85
	"I am" sayings	85
	Images	88
	Hiddenness	95
	Acceptance-Rejection	99
	Division	100
	Rejection	102
	Intimacy with Disciples	105
	Glory and Life	113
	Glory	114
	Signs	114
	The Hour	118
	Life	122
3	The Place and Function of Wisdom in the Fourth Gospel and in the Johannine Community	127
	Wisdom in the Fourth Gospel: Literary Concerns	127
	The Transformation of Wisdom	128
	Prologue and Narrative	129
	The Gospel and Jewish Thought	131
	Wisdom in the Johannine Community: Socio-Historical Concerns	134
	A Wisdom School?	134
	Hellenistic or Jewish?	136
	Place in Community History	140
	Gender Roles in the Community	144
4	Conclusion	149
	Summary	149
	Suggestions for Further Research	151
	Bibliography	155
	Index of Modern Authors	185
	Index of Subjects	191