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The gospel of fast oneAn Essay Written forA Humanities feed in ThatStudies the Bible As AHistorical 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 credo of John. Jesus life isportrayed very differently from the other Synoptic Gospelshe lives completely within symbolism, and glorification.In reading the Gospel of John, I matte up that Jesus was (more)clear to me, unlike my feelings in reading Matthew and Mark.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 way that conventional American Christianity practicestoday I incur the verses most familiar to me (John 316), andI see the symbolism that I am used to. Most importantly, Isee the lengthy teachings and sayings of Jesus, that are lessfrequent in the earlier gospels. This is the Jesus I am us edtoThroughout 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) founding 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 latebook in the New Testament, it films with different problemsthan the early Gospel of Mark. Although the book does nottry to purge from the special traditions of Christianity(after all, The Christian Church has become strong 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 figu re ...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