Raimo Hakola is an Academy Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland

"This book represents a study of Johannine Christianity – epistles as well as the gospel – from the perspective of socio-psychological identity theory (…) The book is carefully argued and the thesis clearly articulated." - Dorothy A. Lee, University of Divinity, Australia

• 1. Introduction 2. Johannine Christianity and the Mediterranean Diaspora 3. The Beginnings of a Tradition: The Relation between the Gospel and the Johannine Epistles 4. Collective Victimhood and Social Identity: The Counsel of Caiaphas Reconsidered (John 11:47–53) 5. Social Identity and the Lures and Threats of Being Similar: John and the Jews Who Believed in Jesus (John 8:31–47) 6. The Burden of Ambiguity: Nicodemus and the Social Identity of the Johannine Christians 7. Conclusion

Raimo Hakola is an Academy Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland

"This book represents a study of Johannine Christianity – epistles as well as the gospel – from the perspective of socio-psychological identity theory (…) The book is carefully argued and the thesis clearly articulated." - Dorothy A. Lee, University of Divinity, Australia

• 1. Introduction 2. Johannine Christianity and the Mediterranean Diaspora 3. The Beginnings of a Tradition: The Relation between the Gospel and the Johannine Epistles 4. Collective Victimhood and Social Identity: The Counsel of Caiaphas Reconsidered (John 11:47–53) 5. Social Identity and the Lures and Threats of Being Similar: John and the Jews Who Believed in Jesus (John 8:31–47) 6. The Burden of Ambiguity: Nicodemus and the Social Identity of the Johannine Christians 7. Conclusion

Raimo Hakola is an Academy Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland

"This book represents a study of Johannine Christianity – epistles as well as the gospel – from the perspective of socio-psychological identity theory (…) The book is carefully argued and the thesis clearly articulated." - Dorothy A. Lee, University of Divinity, Australia

• 1. Introduction 2. Johannine Christianity and the Mediterranean Diaspora 3. The Beginnings of a Tradition: The Relation between the Gospel and the Johannine Epistles 4. Collective Victimhood and Social Identity: The Counsel of Caiaphas Reconsidered (John 11:47–53) 5. Social Identity and the Lures and Threats of Being Similar: John and the Jews Who Believed in Jesus (John 8:31–47) 6. The Burden of Ambiguity: Nicodemus and the Social Identity of the Johannine Christians 7. Conclusion