"The essays... were first presented in 2003 as papers at the first St. Andrews Conference on Scripture and Theology held at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland"--P. x.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

John and our pluralist context -- Johannine dualism and contemporary pluralism / Stephen C. Barton -- Johannine dualism and contemporary pluralism / Miroslav Volf -- Those who have read John before us -- Christianizing divine aseity : Irenaeus reads John / D. Jeffrey Bingham -- Anglican approaches to St. John's Gospel / Rowan Williams -- Glory or persecution : the God of the Gospel of John in the history of interpretation / Tord Larsson -- History and testimony in John -- The historical reliability of John's Gospel : from what perspective should it be assessed? / C. Stephen Evans -- The Fourth Gospel as the testimony of the beloved disciple / Richard Bauckham -- John and "the Jews" -- Bridging the gap : how might the Fourth Gospel help us cope with the legacy of Christianity's exclusive claim over against Judaism? / Stephen Motyer -- Anti-Judaism, the Jews, and the worlds of the Fourth Gospel / Judith Lieu -- "The Jews who had believed in Him" (John 8:31) and the motif of apostasy in the Gospel of John / Terry Griffith -- "The father of lies," "the mother of lies," and the death of Jesus (John 12:20-33) / Sigve K. Tonstad -- Perspectives on the raising of Lazarus -- The Lazarus story : a literary perspective / Andrew T. Lincoln -- The raising of Lazarus in John 11 : a theological reading / Marianne Meye Thompson -- The Lazarus narrative, theological history, and historical probability / Alan J. Torrance -- Christology -- The prologue of the Gospel of John as the gateway to Christological truth / Martin Hengel -- The testimony of works in the Christology of John's Gospel / Murray Rae -- On guessing points and naming stars : epistemological origins of John's Christological tensions / Paul N. Anderson -- Narrative docetism : Christology and storytelling in the Gospel of John / Kasper Bro Larsen -- Using John in the theological task today -- "The truth will set you free" : salvation as revelation / Anastasia Scrutton -- God in the world--the world in God : perichoresis in Trinity and eschatology / Jürgen Moltmann.