Bart Ehrman's book "Jesus, Interrupted" may be of interest, including a discussion of John's community and a possible genesis of "Jesus as Divine" found there (as well as varying ideas of what was meant by a "Son of God" in the 1st century, what's with this "king of the Jews" charge? etc.) in that community's status as a congregation rejected by their brethern might indeed have bred some payback in the view that unbelievers had indeed missed the theological boat. There's also the fun in trying to pick out what was in the original text & what added by later copyists. That it seems to have been written some 100 years or so after the events gives (to me anyway) a look at how the communities and beliefs were changing from the time of Mark/Matthew.
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Date: 2010-09-21 09:20 pm (UTC)