The Epistemological Basis for Belief According to John's Gospel: Miracles and Message in Their Essentials as Nonfictional Grounds for Knowledge of God

This book a revision of the authors dissertation describes the grounds on which knowledge about God is possible according to the Gospel of John. In response to modern questions and doubts about the possibility of religious knowledge Johns answers are identified and illuminated using standard historical method. A major part of this investigation is spent showing that for readers of all persuasions it is clear that certain parts of Johns Gospel were never intended as either fiction or metaphor. From these parts the basis on which John thinks that people can have religious knowledge is inferred and described.