The Evangelical Theological Society

Against the historical backdrop of two prominent approaches to the Gospel of John, this article argues for an interpretive methodology consistent with evangelical convictions such as divine inspiration and inerrancy. Building on Thomas Brodie’s “three waves” classification of Johannine interpretive history and incorporating Andreas Köstenberger’s hermeneutical triad, this study offers a methodology for reading the Fourth Gospel that falls within synchronic approaches to John but includes caveats that give due weight to the Gospel’s historical and theological veracity.