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    The Eagle Returns: A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John
    The Eagle Returns: A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John
    The Eagle Returns: A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John
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    The Eagle Returns: A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John

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    The Gospel of John was long assumed to be the work of an eyewitness, usually identified as John, son of Zebedee. More recently, many have judged it the unhistorical product of a "Johannine community." Reconsideration by Richard Bauckham has suggested that the author was a Jerusalem disciple who housed the "Last Supper." This book explores the possibility that he was present at most of the events he described. It contends that John's Gospel reveals the real Jesus and that the Evangelist was one of the most perceptive Christian writers of all time. The Gospel strongly advocates belief that Jesus was uniquely related to God, and hence uniquely authoritative, thus providing an urgent evangelical thrust to this book.
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    PublisherWipf and Stock
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781532642029
    The Eagle Returns: A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John
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    C. Paul Burnham

    C. Paul Burnham is a graduate of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and retired as a Senior Lecturer in the University of London. For forty years he has been both a Methodist Local Preacher and an active Reader in the Church of England.

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      The Eagle Returns - C. Paul Burnham

      THE EAGLE RETURNS

      A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John

      C. Paul Burnham

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      THE EAGLE RETURNS

      A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John

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      C. Paul Burnham. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers,

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Acknowledgments

      Part One: Introduction

      1:1. The Objective of This Book

      1:2. Attitudes to the Gospel of John

      1:3. The Nature of the Gospel of John

      1:4. Who Was John the Evangelist?

      1:5. The Approach of This Book

      Part Two: A Survey of the Gospel of John

      2:1. Our Place in the Big Picture (1:1–18)

      2:2. First Encounter with Jesus in Galilee (1:19–51)

      2:3. The Wedding at Cana (2:1–12)

      2:4. Jesus Begins His Ministry in Jerusalem (2:13–35)

      2:5. The Meeting with Nicodemus (3:1–21)

      2:6. A Parallel Ministry with John the Baptist (3:22—4:2)

      2:7. The Conversation with the Samaritan Woman and Its Aftermath (4:3–42)

      2:8. Return to Galilee (4:43–54)

      2:9. Healing at the Pool of Bethesda (5:1–47)

      2:10. The Feeding of the Five Thousand (6:1–24)

      2:11. The Bread of Life Discourse (6:25–71)

      2:12. Further Controversy in Jerusalem (7:1–54; 8:12–59)

      2:13. The Healing of the Man Born Blind (9:1–21)

      2:14. The Good Shepherd (10:1–21)

      2:15. Escape from a Further Threatened Stoning (10:22–42)

      2:16. The Raising of Lazarus (11:1–44)

      2:17. The Plot to Kill Jesus (11:45–57)

      2:18. The Anointing in Bethany (12:1–11)

      2:19. The Triumphal Entry (12:12–19)

      2:20. Concluding Public Ministry (12:20–50)

      2:21. Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet (13:1–17)

      2:22. Jesus Predicts His Betrayer (13:18–30)

      2:23. The Farewell Discourse (13:31—16:33)

      2:24. The Great Prayer of Consecration (17:1–26)

      2:25. The Passion Narrative (Chapters 18 and 19)

      2:26. The Arrest of Jesus (18:1–12)

      2:27. The Nocturnal Examination by Annas (18:13–23, 25–27)

      2:28 The Trial before Caiaphas (18:24)

      2:29. The Trial before Pilate (18:28—19:16)

      2.30. The Crucifixion (19:16–37)

      2:31. The Burial of Jesus (19:38–42)

      2:32. The Empty Tomb (20:1–18)

      2:33. Two Appearances of the Risen Christ in Jerusalem (20:19–29)

      2:34. The Appendix: Meeting Jesus by the Lakeside (Chapter 21)

      2:35. Conclusion

      Part Three: How Did the Story of John Evangelist Continue?

      3:1. An Uneasy Relationship with the Twelve

      3:2. John Evangelist as a Friend in the Court

      3:3. Stephen’s Speech (Acts 7)

      3:4. The Effects of Stephen’s Speech

      3:5. The End of the Story

      Part Four: The Beloved Disciple

      4:1. Introduction

      4:2. Relationship with Jesus, as Mapped Out in John’s Gospel

      4:3. Friendship with Jesus

      4:4. The Consummation of Relationship with Jesus

      Part Five: A Personal Postscript

      5:1. The Gospel of John in My Own Life

      5:2. The Gospel of John Continues Its Evangelical Work

      5:3. The Eagle Returns

      Bibliography

      To the memory of my brother

      JOHN CLARK BURNHAM

      1935

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      1946

      whose illness and untimely death

      first led me to read the Gospel of John

      Acknowledgments

      Although this book is a personal testimony, I owe a huge debt to the late Professor Howard Marshall, my lifelong mentor in everything to do with the New Testament. I have also cherished an equally long friendship with Patrick and Ruth Edwards. Ruth’s work on the Gospel of John opened my eyes to the wealth of academic studies on the subject. Howard and Ruth would have preferred the words probably and perhaps to figure more often in this book, but, nevertheless, they were both very helpful in its preparation. Dr. Ben Pugh, of Cliff College, encouraged me to offer it to Wipf and Stock for publication.

      Part One

      Introduction

      1:1. The Objective of This Book

      The Gospel of John is unique in that it is an account of the life, teaching, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ which is not a collection of eyewitness memories edited by someone else, but claims to be written by an author who was himself an eyewitness. It includes theological discussions that have played a pivotal part in the development of creeds and other doctrinal literature throughout Christian history. John’s Gospel was written with the express purpose of transforming the lives of its readers by bringing them to faith in Christ. Thus it can become a work of testimony at three levels, concerning the story of Jesus Christ, concerning the Evangelist as his own life was transformed, and concerning all those throughout history who have been brought to saving faith in Christ through the words of the Gospel of John. This three-level testimony is an important theme in what follows here. Sadly, during the last century, this edifice of faith has been undermined by scholars doubting whether John’s Gospel really was the work of an eyewitness. Some have sought written sources, but without decisive results. An influential alternative was that it was the construct of a hypothetical Johannine Community, and this has led to the creation of a mass of literature of little value to people seeking an encounter with the real Jesus Christ. The aim of this booklet is to explore the possibilities that open if its claim to be the work of one well-informed author is accepted. Then the gospel can used once more as a testimony to Jesus Christ as he really was in his ministry, to John Evangelist as a witness to him and to the truth that, when the Holy Spirit applies its words as people read the gospel, their lives can be transformed.

      1:2. Attitudes to the Gospel of John

      Many Christians in the English-speaking world found that Archbishop William Temple’s Readings in St. John’s Gospel opened a new window through which to perceive the unique greatness of Jesus Christ. In 1938 Temple could affirm that it was "vital to St. John’s purpose that the events which

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