| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Navigating a Stream in which a Child Can Wade and an Elephant Can Swim | p. 1 |
| On Wading with Children: The Gospel of John as an Entrée to Faith | p. 3 |
| On Swimming with Elephants: The Fourth Gospel as a Puzzlement to Scholars | p. 4 |
| Outlining the Johannine Riddles | |
| An Overview of the Fourth Gospel | p. 9 |
| Outlining John's Narrative | p. 9 |
| Distinctive Features of the Fourth Gospel | p. 12 |
| The Central Structure of the Fourth Gospel | p. 18 |
| Conclusion | p. 23 |
| The Theological Riddles of the Fourth Gospel | p. 25 |
| Jesus Christ: Human or Divine? | p. 26 |
| The Father-Son Relationship: Equal or Subordinate? | p. 27 |
| Does the Son Judge: Yes or No? | p. 29 |
| The Holy Spirit: Proceeding from the Father or the Son? | p. 30 |
| The Signs of Jesus: If Embellished, Why Existentialized? | p. 31 |
| Eschatology in John: Present or Future? | p. 32 |
| The Saving/Revealing Work of Christ: Universal or Particular? | p. 34 |
| Salvation and the Believer: Determinism or Free Will? | p. 35 |
| Dualism in John: Prescriptive or Reflective? | p. 36 |
| John and Judaism: Anti-Semitic or Pro-Jewish? | p. 38 |
| Sacraments in John: Embellished or Deconstructive? | p. 39 |
| The Church in John: Petrified or Dynamic? | p. 41 |
| Conclusion | p. 42 |
| The Historical Riddles of the Fourth Gospel | p. 45 |
| John's Narrative: Historical or Theological? | p. 46 |
| The Source of John's Tradition: An Eyewitness or Not? | p. 48 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Different Introductions and Conclusions? | p. 50 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Differences in Order and Chronology? | p. 51 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Differences of Inclusion? | p. 53 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Differences in Detail and Theological Emphasis? | p. 54 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Distinctive Presentations of Jesus' Ministry? | p. 56 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Distinctive Presentations of Jesus' Teachings and Intentions? | p. 58 |
| John and the Synoptics: Why Such Distinctive Presentations of Jesus' Miracles? | p. 59 |
| The Origin of the Johannine Signs: A Religion of History or the History of Religions? | p. 60 |
| Cross-Cultural Elements in John: A Diachronicity of Situation? | p. 62 |
| Johannine Narrative: Rooted in History or the Historical Johannine Situation? | p. 63 |
| Conclusion | p. 65 |
| The Literary Riddles of the Fourth Gospel | p. 67 |
| The Johannine Prologue: An Original Introduction or a Later Add-On? | p. 67 |
| The Johannine Epilogue: A Fresh Start or a Second Ending? | p. 69 |
| John 7:53-8:11: A Text Caught in Adultery (and Other Textual Indiscretions)? | p. 70 |
| Odd Progressions and Contextual Perplexities in John: Reflecting on the Future? | p. 72 |
| ôPlay It Again, Samö (But in a Different Key): Whence the Repetitions and Variations in John's Narrative? | p. 74 |
| The Johannine Gospel, Epistles, and Apocalypse: Close Relations or Distant Cousins? | p. 76 |
| Intratraditional and Intertraditional Dialogues in John: Reflective or Corrective? | p. 78 |
| The Johannine Collection of Materials: Leftover Fragments or a Seamless Robe? | p. 80 |
| Comprehension and Miscomprehension in John: They Just Don't Get It … Do You? | p. 82 |
| Scripture Fulfillment in John: Implicit or Explicit? | p. 83 |
| The Purpose of the Fourth Gospel: Apologetic or Pastoral? | p. 85 |
| The Beloved Disciple: A Dead Author or a Literary Device? | p. 87 |
| Conclusion | p. 89 |
| Summation of Part 1 | p. 91 |
| Addressing the Johannine Riddles | |
| Scholarly Approaches to John | p. 95 |
| The Author as the Source of the Johannine Tradition | p. 96 |
| Composition Theories Distinguishing the Author from an Eyewitness and from John Son of Zebedee | p. 104 |
| Composition Theories Regardless of Authorship | p. 114 |
| Conclusion | p. 123 |
| The Dialogical Autonomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Plausible Theory | p. 125 |
| An Autonomous Tradition Developing Alongside Mark-The Other Bi-Optic Gospel | p. 126 |
| The Dialectical Thinking of the Evangelist | p. 129 |
| The History-of-Religions Origins of John's Divine-Human Dialectic | p. 131 |
| Dialogical Engagements within the Johannine Situation: Seven Crises over Seven Decades | p. 134 |
| A Two-Edition Theory of Composition | p. 141 |
| Aspects of Interfluentiality between John and Other Traditions | p. 144 |
| Revelation and Rhetoric: Two Dialogical Modes in the Johannine Narrative | p. 150 |
| Conclusion | p. 152 |
| Post-Script: Acts 4:19-20-An Overlooked First-Century Clue to Johannine Authorship? | p. 153 |
| The Origin and Character of the Johannine Riddles: A Guide to Interpretation | p. 157 |
| The Origin and Character of John's Theological Tensions | p. 158 |
| The Origin and Character of John's Historical Conundrums | p. 162 |
| The Origin and Character of John's Literary Perplexities | p. 166 |
| Conclusion | p. 169 |
| Summation of Part 2 | p. 171 |
| Interpreting the Johannine Riddles | |
| The Christ of Faith and Johannine Theology | p. 175 |
| Johannine Christology: Is Jesus Human, Divine, or Both? | p. 175 |
| The Father-Son Relationship: Egalitarian, Subordinate, or Neither? | p. 180 |
| Signs Faith versus Blessed Faith? | p. 181 |
| The Way to Salvation in John: Particular or Universal? | p. 183 |
| Johannine Dualism: Jewish or Greek? | p. 187 |
| The Ioudaioi in John: Pro-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, or Neither? | p. 190 |
| Conclusion | p. 193 |
| The Jesus of History in John: A Fourth Quest for Jesus? | p. 195 |
| The Historical Realism of the Fourth Gospel | p. 196 |
| Time and Space in the Ministry of Jesus | p. 199 |
| The Passion of Jesus | p. 204 |
| The Works of Jesus | p. 208 |
| The Words of Jesus | p. 213 |
| The Revelatory Prophet | p. 216 |
| Conclusion | p. 218 |
| The Life of the Church: Johannine Ecclesiology | p. 221 |
| A Vision of Relational Connectedness to Jesus | p. 221 |
| Fluid and Dynamic Images of the Church | p. 223 |
| Gospel Ministry: Compassionate, Empowered, Inclusive | p. 225 |
| On Worshiping in Spirit and in Truth | p. 227 |
| An Incarnational Sacramentology | p. 228 |
| Peter, the Beloved Disciple, and the Ongoing Leadership of Christ through the Holy Spirit | p. 231 |
| Conclusion | p. 234 |
| Summation of Part 3 | p. 237 |
| Conclusion: Navigating the Living Waters of the Gospel of John | p. 239 |
| Feeling Included without Becoming Exclusive | p. 240 |
| Responding in Faith without Becoming Dogmatic | p. 241 |
| Notes | p. 245 |
| Glossary | p. 255 |
| Annotated Bibliography | p. 259 |
| Bibliographic Appendix | p. 271 |
| Subject Index | p. 277 |
| Name Index | p. 281 |
| Biblical Index | p. 283 |
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