John’s Claims of Superiority as Seen through Hybrid Eyes

Abstract

In this chapter, the hybrid reader converses with the gospel that is arguably the most important and influential in most of Christianity’s history—the Gospel according to John.¹ John, moreover, is not only the most influential gospel but also, it would not be an exaggeration to say, the most beloved gospel among many Christians because it speaks clearly about Jesus’s divine identity and assures and consoles those who believe in Jesus as the “Word became flesh” (1:14)² that the object of their faith is himself “the way, the truth and the life” (14:16).