The Gospel according to John has a thoroughly juridical character. John reenacts and corrects verdicts against Jesus in trials before Jewish and Roman courts. The issue is judging according to appearance or righteously, which permeates practically his entire Gospel. Stephen C. Amador shows how John establishes Jesus as the righteous King who is justified before the heavenly council and justifies all who believe in him.

Ever since Théo Preis' essay in the 1946 Karl Barth Festschrift, the Fourth Gospel's cosmic trial concept has proved elusive. Stephen C. Amador demonstrates that John makes the issue of righteous judgment the central focus of his gospel. Jesus is portrayed in the Johannine Hour of Justification to be all that he claims. John's goal is to revise trial verdicts against Jesus. He makes creative use of Isaiah prophesies (especially Isa 11 and 53) and borrows heavily from synoptic passion week and trial narratives. John wishes to demonstrate that Jesus is vindicated regarding his claims as the Sent One of his Father and is therefore the Christ. Jesus is glorified and thereby juridically justified by his Father before the heavenly tribunal. The trial Jesus carries out amid being tried himself is continued by the Spirit-Paraclete on behalf of the messianic, justified King of Israel in the aftermath of Jesus' departure and resurrection.

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Born 1953; 1975 AB in Biblical Studies and Christian Education; 1978 MDiv; 1987 Dr. theol. (New Testament); 1987-88 Research Assistant, Tübingen University; 1988 Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary; 1991-94 Parish vicar and second theological exam; 1994-95 School vicar; 1995-2019 Pastor and religious education teacher.

Inhalt

Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Quest for the Fourth Gospel's Cosmic Trial Concept
Chapter 2: Juridical Terms and Juridical Scenarios in the Fourth Gospel

Part II: Second Isaiah and John's Cosmic Trial Concept
Chapter 3: Isaiah 55:1-11 as the Johannine Salvific Arch and Prologue's Juridical Outlook
Chapter 4: Second Isaiah's Lawsuits and the Fourth Gospel
Chapter 5: Necessity and Advantage: The Servant of Isa 40-55 in the Fourth Gospel.

Part III: John's Preponed Trial, Annas' Interrogation, and Pilate's Trial
Chapter 6: The Inspiration for John's Preponed Trial
Chapter 7: The Preponed Trial in John and the Johannine Passion Demi-Week
Chapter 8: Annas' Interrogation and Pilate's Trial

Part IV: Judging According to Appearance or Righteously? The Spirit-Paraclete, Isa 11:1-5, 10, and the Farewell Discourse
Chapter 9: The Background of the Paraclete
Chapter 10: Isaiah 11:1-10: Texts and Their Reception
Chapter 11: Judging According to Appearance and the Paraclete

Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 12: Judging Righteously: Glorification and the Hour of Justification