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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Navigating a Stream in which a Child Can Wade and an Elephant Can Swim | |
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| On Wading with Children: The Gospel of John as an Entr�e to Faith | |
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| On Swimming with Elephants: The Fourth Gospel as a Puzzlement to Scholars | |
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| Outlining the Johannine Riddles | |
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| An Overview of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| Outlining John's Narrative | |
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| Distinctive Features of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| The Central Structure of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Theological Riddles of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| Jesus Christ: Human or Divine? | |
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| The Father-Son Relationship: Equal or Subordinate? | |
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| Does the Son Judge: Yes or No? | |
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| The Holy Spirit: Proceeding from the Father or the Son? | |
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| The Signs of Jesus: If Embellished, Why Existentialized? | |
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| Eschatology in John: Present or Future? | |
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| The Saving/Revealing Work of Christ: Universal or Particular? | |
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| Salvation and the Believer: Determinism or Free Will? | |
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| Dualism in John: Prescriptive or Reflective? | |
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| John and Judaism: Anti-Semitic or Pro-Jewish? | |
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| Sacraments in John: Embellished or Deconstructive? | |
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| The Church in John: Petrified or Dynamic? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Historical Riddles of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| John's Narrative: Historical or Theological? | |
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| The Source of John's Tradition: An Eyewitness or Not? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Different Introductions and Conclusions? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Differences in Order and Chronology? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Differences of Inclusion? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Differences in Detail and Theological Emphasis? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Distinctive Presentations of Jesus' Ministry? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Distinctive Presentations of Jesus' Teachings and Intentions? | |
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| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Distinctive Presentations of Jesus' Miracles? | |
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| The Origin of the Johannine Signs: A Religion of History or the History of Religions? | |
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| Cross-Cultural Elements in John: A Diachronicity of Situation? | |
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| Johannine Narrative: Rooted in History or the Historical Johannine Situation? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Literary Riddles of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| The Johannine Prologue: An Original Introduction or a Later Add-On? | |
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| The Johannine Epilogue: A Fresh Start or a Second Ending? | |
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| John 7:53-8:11: A Text Caught in Adultery (and Other Textual Indiscretions)? | |
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| Odd Progressions and Contextual Perplexities in John: Reflecting on the Future? | |
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| �Play It Again, Sam� (But in a Different Key): Whence the Repetitions and Variations in John's Narrative? | |
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| The Johannine Gospel, Epistles, and Apocalypse: Close Relations or Distant Cousins? | |
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| Intratraditional and Intertraditional Dialogues in John: Reflective or Corrective? | |
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| The Johannine Collection of Materials: Leftover Fragments or a Seamless Robe? | |
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| Comprehension and Miscomprehension in John: They Just Don't Get It … Do You? | |
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| Scripture Fulfillment in John: Implicit or Explicit? | |
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| The Purpose of the Fourth Gospel: Apologetic or Pastoral? | |
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| The Beloved Disciple: A Dead Author or a Literary Device? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Summation of Part 1 | |
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| Addressing the Johannine Riddles | |
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| Scholarly Approaches to John | |
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| The Author as the Source of the Johannine Tradition | |
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| Composition Theories Distinguishing the Author from an Eyewitness and from John Son of Zebedee | |
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| Composition Theories Regardless of Authorship | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Dialogical Autonomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Plausible Theory | |
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| An Autonomous Tradition Developing Alongside Mark-The Other Bi-Optic Gospel | |
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| The Dialectical Thinking of the Evangelist | |
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| The History-of-Religions Origins of John's Divine-Human Dialectic | |
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| Dialogical Engagements within the Johannine Situation: Seven Crises over Seven Decades | |
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| A Two-Edition Theory of Composition | |
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| Aspects of Interfluentiality between John and Other Traditions | |
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| Revelation and Rhetoric: Two Dialogical Modes in the Johannine Narrative | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Post-Script: Acts 4:19-20-An Overlooked First-Century Clue to Johannine Authorship? | |
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| The Origin and Character of the Johannine Riddles: A Guide to Interpretation | |
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| The Origin and Character of John's Theological Tensions | |
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| The Origin and Character of John's Historical Conundrums | |
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| The Origin and Character of John's Literary Perplexities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Summation of Part 2 | |
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| Interpreting the Johannine Riddles | |
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| The Christ of Faith and Johannine Theology | |
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| Johannine Christology: Is Jesus Human, Divine, or Both? | |
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| The Father-Son Relationship: Egalitarian, Subordinate, or Neither? | |
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| Signs Faith versus Blessed Faith? | |
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| The Way to Salvation in John: Particular or Universal? | |
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| Johannine Dualism: Jewish or Greek? | |
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| The Ioudaioi in John: Pro-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, or Neither? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Jesus of History in John: A Fourth Quest for Jesus? | |
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| The Historical Realism of the Fourth Gospel | |
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| Time and Space in the Ministry of Jesus | |
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| The Passion of Jesus | |
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| The Works of Jesus | |
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| The Words of Jesus | |
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| The Revelatory Prophet | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Life of the Church: Johannine Ecclesiology | |
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| A Vision of Relational Connectedness to Jesus | |
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| Fluid and Dynamic Images of the Church | |
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| Gospel Ministry: Compassionate, Empowered, Inclusive | |
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| On Worshiping in Spirit and in Truth | |
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| An Incarnational Sacramentology | |
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| Peter, the Beloved Disciple, and the Ongoing Leadership of Christ through the Holy Spirit | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Summation of Part 3 | |
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| Conclusion: Navigating the Living Waters of the Gospel of John | |
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| Feeling Included without Becoming Exclusive | |
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| Responding in Faith without Becoming Dogmatic | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Bibliographic Appendix | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Biblical Index | |