Objection · Case 05 · Relativism
Carson is a conservative evangelical commentator. Isn’t citing him for how scholars read the “I am” sayings citing one wing of the field as if it were all of it?
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Response
Carson is conservative, but on this specific point, that the I am sayings in John function as identity statements rather than job descriptions, he states the consensus of Johannine scholarship across the spectrum. Raymond Brown, a Catholic, and Rudolf Bultmann, a radical critic, read them the same way. The disagreement among scholars is about whether Jesus said them, not about what John meant by them.
About this exhibit
This objection is to D. A. Carson, “The Gospel According to John”.
Across John’s Gospel, Jesus makes a series of “I am” statements. The bread of life, the light of the world, the door, the good shepherd, the resurrection and the life, the way and the truth and the…
Under Claim 02: The Gospel of John presents Jesus identifying himself as the truth, not merely as someone who teaches it.