Jesus Tradition in the Gospel of John

According to this chapter, Jesus tradition refers to material or data that may stem from Jesus of Nazareth or from the period and places of his activity and death. The chapter intends to give an indication of its maximal extent in John. It gives precedence to the question of Jesus tradition in John, without deciding in advance the question of John and other gospels. Justified skepticism about the historicity of the Johannine portrait of Jesus has affected historical judgments about other aspects of the Gospel. In the Passion Narrative the parallels between John and Mark (or the synoptics) become pervasive. The discourses attributed to Jesus in John are quite different from the sayings tradition in the synoptic. Specifically, John conveys purportedly factual knowledge about Judaism, whether in Jesus' day or his own, about the land of Israel, and about Jesus himself. Keywords:factual knowledge; Gospel of John; Jesus Tradition; Johannine narrative; Markan narrative; Passion Narrative; sayings tradition; synoptic