Vocab Chapter 10

Question 1

Johannine Community

Answer 1

The early Christian community which preserved the teachings of John about Jesus as represented in the Gospel of John, the three letters of John, and (perhaps) the book of Revelation

Question 2

Prologue of John

Answer 2

The introduction to John’s Gospel, which identifies Jesus as the logos and provides the most exalted statement of Christology in the New Testament

Question 3

Logos

Answer 3

A Greek title given to Jesus in the prologue of John’s Gospel which has conceptual roots in both Judaism and Hellenistic philosophy and which stresses Jesus’ identify as the self-revelation of God

Question 4

Beloved Disciple

Answer 4

The figure who appears repeatedly in the Gospel of John as “the disciple whom Jesus loved”, traditionally identified as John the apostle

Question 5

Nicodemus

Answer 5

The Jewish religious leader who came to Jesus by night and later aided Jospeh of Arimathea with the burial of Jesus

Question 6

Chiasm

Answer 6

Inverse parallelism, a concentric pattern in which a series of things repeats itself in reverse order

Question 7

Lamb of God

Answer 7

Title given to Jesus by John the Baptist indicating his sacrificial death as the Passover lamb and suffering Servant of Isaiah 53

Question 8

Miracle at Cana

Answer 8

The first miracle (“sign”) of John’s Gospel: Jesus turns water to wine, symbolizing the messianic banquet

Question 9

Dualism

Answer 9

The theological perspective of the Gospel of John, which envisions a strict dichotomy between opposing forces of good and evil in the world: God vs. Satan, truth vs. falsehood, light vs. darkness. A different kind of dualism , that between material world and the spiritual world, characterized Gnosticism

Question 10

Raising of Lazarus

Answer 10

The climactic miracle in John’s Gospel, which provokes the religious authorities

Question 11

Farewell Discourse

Answer 11

Jesus’ teaching following the Last Supper in John, in which he promises his disciples his continuing presence through the Holy Spirit

Question 12

Paraclete

Answer 12

A description Jesus gives to the Holy Spirit in his Farewell Discourse in John’s Gospel, meaning “advocate”, “counselor”, or “comforter”

Question 13

Theophany

Answer 13

The appearance in visible form of God, or a god, to a human being

Question 14

Ontological equality

Answer 14

A phrase meaning “equality of essence or being”. While equal to God the Father in being, Jesus lived in functional subordination to him

Question 15

Realized eschatology

Answer 15

The theological perspective — reflected especially in John’s Gospel — that God’s end-times salvation is already a present possession in the life of the believer

Question 16

Docetism

Answer 16

An early heresy which claimed that Jesus was not a real human being but only appeared to have a physical body