John, Jesus, and History, Volume 5

This collection of essays demonstrates how the memory of Jesus in the Gospel of John developed from orality to literacy, perhaps in more than one edition. While John's Christ hymn and other material were likely added later, contributors assert that this does not preclude that earlier memories were referenced within developing understandings of Jesus of Nazareth. The result is a unique Johannine tradition bridging firsthand reflections on Jesus's ministry with the later needs of early Christianity.