John the Son of Zebedee

by R. Alan Culpepper and R. Alan Culpeper

Book Overview

Beginning with New Testament reports of John as fisherman and extending through the most recent Johannine scholarship, Culpepper gathers stories from church fathers, the apocryphal acts of John, medieval sources, Victorian poets, and nineteenth-and twentieth-century historians of earliest Christianity about the exploits and the death of this apostle. Culpepper's sweeping study examines a multitude of sources, many of which are widely dispersed and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800631676
• ISBN13: 9780800631673
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Great Overview of Johannine Tradition

I don't know what that last retard read, but it was not this book about John the Son of Zebedee by R. Alan Culpepper. He surveys the biblical, post-apostolic (apocryphal) and patristic traditions, and finishes with a survey of modern Johannine scholarship. It is not a read for those looking for a devotional, but it is not a dissertation either. Check it out!