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"The prologue is the key which unlocks the meaning of the fourth gospel." Examine and evaluate this claim.
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"The prologue is the key which unlocks the meaning of the fourth gospel." Examine and evaluate this claim. All of the evangelists try and use an effective way to introduce their gospel, Matthew and Luke begin with the birth narrative, which establishes Jesus' divine identity from his point of birth and foreshadows events and themes that will be later encountered in the text. Mark instead begins with Jesus' earthly ministry as introduced by John the Baptist, and also has important Christological interests which are established by events in 1:1-13. John's gospel differs in that the first 18 verses are not solely rooted in human history but take a more cosmological approach. John takes the reader on a journey which begins before creation. He begins by establishing Jesus as the divine son of God, before conception and for eternity, a programmatic theme for the gospel. The prologue is believed to be distinctive in 3...
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