the Word from Beginning: Person and Work of Jesus Gospel John

John's Gospel famously opens with a poetic prologue about the Word. However, after these initial verses, the theme of God's Word incarnate seems to fade. The silence is only apparent. In , Bruce G. Schuchard reunites John's prologue with the rest of his Gospel. What Jesus in the Gospel embodies who Jesus in the prologue. Jesus's words and actions reveal and unfold his unique identity as the Word. Jesus is indeed God's Word enfleshed. This theological reading of John's Gospel unifies Jesus's identity, words, and work, opening up implications for Johannine Christology.