Fridays during Trinity Term
Location: Old Library / Hybrid with Zoom link
12.45pm - 1.30pm
The Fourth Gospel follows a distinctive pattern within the New Testament corpus. The sequence of events described in the Synoptic tradition is different, while John the Evangelist includes material which is nowhere to be found in Matthew, Mark or Luke. Some commentators have levelled all sorts of criticisms at the author. They have described John as ‘anti-semitic’ or as the proponent of a ‘naive docetism’. And yet such judgements ignore the extraordinary daring at the heart of John’s theological vision. John reads the events of the life of Jesus in the light of his death and resurrection from the very beginning. As we journey through the Easter season, we will read John’s Gospel in order to explore the ways in which our own lives are illuminated by the mystery of Easter.
Friday 2 May The Genesis of the Gospel: In the beginning was the Word (John 1)
Friday 9 May Signs, Seekers and Salvation: The Saviour of the World (John 4.1-42)
Friday 16 May Seeing, Blindness and Conflict: I am the Light of the World (John 9.1-41)
Friday 23 May Truth, Testimony and Judgment: I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 17.1-26)
Friday 30 May Arrest, Trial and Death: Now is the Son of Man glorified (John 18.28-19.16a)
Friday 7 June Resurrection: My Lord and my God (John 21.1-25)
Friday 13 June John through the Centuries
