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The Gospel of keisterAn Essay Written forA Humanities Course ThatStudies the Bible As AHistorical written documentTHE GOSPEL OF JOHNThe Man from Heaven, Bread of Life, Light of TheWorld, Living Water, .... and of course, Son of Man.This is who Jesus is in The Gospel of John. Jesus life isportrayed very differently from the new(prenominal) Synoptic Gospelshe lives completely within symbolism, and glorification.In cultivation the Gospel of John, I felt that Jesus was (more)clear to me, unlike my feelings in reading Matthew and quarry.Perhaps this is because I have gained knowledge of who thehistorical Jesus was since my first readings. However, Ifind that John writes about Jesus and Christianity more inthe room that conventional American Christianity practicestoday I see the verses most familiar to me (John 316), andI see the symbolism that I am used to. intimately importantly, Isee the lengthy teachings and sayings of Jesus, that are lessfrequent in the earlier creed. Thi s is the Jesus I am usedtoThroughout this essay, I will show the parallels anddifferences from the Gospel of John and the earlier gospels(mostly Mark), as I discuss the anonymous evangelist(s)conception of the word of God.1. John 3152. John 6483. John 144. John 737-395. Has been believed to be John, Son of Zebedee.The Gospel of John was written between 90-100 ADE. A slowlybook in the New Testament, it deals with different problemsthan the early Gospel of Mark. Although the book does nottry to stray from the special traditions of Christianity(after all, The Christian Church has become slopped by thistime), the book the Life of Jesus, to meet the needsof the community in 100 ADE.What were the changes that the Johannine Community had todeal with and, how does the Gospel of John differ fromearlier gospels to deal with these changes?The entire new testament is apocalyptic writing, by authorswho (obviously) believe in the Parousia. We see a lot ofdifferent religions of the time develop a Christ figure ...it is a sign of the times it reflects that most people weredesperate for help from political and social problems thatthey could not escape. This is the community that the Gospelof Mark wrote for the desperate, looking toward their Godfor help. Now the Gospel of John has to deal with the Parousia, that Christiansbelieved was coming.The Johannine author(s) clearly had the Gospel of Mark