Revelation and Self-Perception in the Gospel of John

Born 1984; 2014 PhD; Professor of New Testament studies at MF Norwegian school of Theology, Religion and Society.

• 1.1 Starting Points, Key Terms, Basic Thesis, and Questions of Research1.2 Revelation and Self-Perception in John: Beyond Bultmann1.3 What We Do and Do Not Mean by Self-Perception1.4 Textual Basis and Hermeneutical Challenges2.1 Introduction2.2 Nicodemus and the Baptist as Parallel Figures2.3 Approaching the Question of the Baptist's Self-Perception2.4 Unworthy and Inferior2.5 Knowing that He Once Did not Know: 1:31-332.6 Associating Himself with the Earth (3:31)2.7 Two Key Issues in Jesus' Encounter with Nicodemus2.8 The Limits of the Flesh and the Necessity of Birth from Above (3:6-7)2.9 The Man who Thought he Knew Jesus: Exposing the Ignorance of Israel's Teacher2.10 Conclusions3.1 The Thesis of the Present Chapter3.2 Blindness, Sight and Self-Perception in 9:39-413.3 Revelatino and Conflict: Jesus' Dialogue with his Brothers (7:3-9)3.4 The Offense of Freedom: John 8:31-363.5 Identifying and Confronting the Slaves to Sin3.6 Ironic Denial that One Needs Help: An Ancient Trope Expressed in Epictetus3.7 ConclusionsExcursus: The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 7:53-8:11)4. Peter: Imitation and Limitation4.1 The Thesis of the Present Chapter4.2 The Misunderstanding: Role Confusion4.3 The Problem: Imitation and Limitation4.4 Towards a Solution: Imitation and Dependence (21:18-19)4.5 Conclusions: Peter, Revelation and Self-Perception5.1 Recognizing Truth that Runs Contrary to Appearance5.2 Pilate Facing the True Kind - and Himself5.3 Revelation and Self-Perception: Jesus and Pilate6.1 Our Key Findings and Primary Contribution to Scholarship6.2 Shedding New Light on Well-Known Passages