Between Jewish Monotheism and Proto-Trinitarian Relations: The Making and Character of Johannine Christology

This essay first notes some key moments from the history of research with a focus on recent attempts to interpret Johannine Christology within a Jewish framework. From there, it asks which criteria of “divinity” can help us to understand the developments and what this might mean with regard to the “borders” of Judaism that were or were not crossed. Next it briefly discusses some of the elements of Johannine “high” Christology and their Jewish background, in particular the idea of the logos, before finally interpreting Johannine Christology, as per the essay title, “between Jewish Monotheism and Proto-Trinitarian Relations.”