Using evidence from the text of John’s Gospel, as well as other materials we’ve

Using evidence from the text of John’s Gospel, as well as other materials we’ve read in class so far (Bauckham, Barker, Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, etc.), choose two passages in the Gospel that demonstrate its provenance in a Jewish sect of the first century A.D. (rather than as the record of a new and separate religion).
Here are some points for thought to get you started:
• Where in the Gospel do we see debates between different ways of being Jewish (and not debates between two separate religions)?
• How does the Gospel make use of the Old Testament? Does Jesus do away with the Torah, or embody it?
• What do the terms “Jews” and “Israel” really mean in John?
• Does the Gospel claim to be the only way to “do Judaism right,” similar to the Essenes or
the Samaritans? If so, how does the Fourth Evangelist make this argument?
• What is the Gospel’s view of the temple – that is, the concept of temple in general as the
place of worship; not necessarily the Jerusalem Temple in particular.