In this book, Wendy E. S. North investigates whether or not the author of John could have crafted his Gospel with knowledge of the Synoptics. Unlike previous approaches, which have usually treated the Gospel according to John purely as a piece of literature, this book undertakes a fresh approach by examining how John's author reworks material that can be identified within his own text and also in the Jewish Scriptures. An assessment of these techniques allows North then to compare the Gospel of John with its Synoptic equivalents, and to conclude at last that John indeed worked with the knowledge of the Synoptic texts at certain points.

Wendy E. S. North is a honorary research fellow in the department of theology and religion at the University of Durham.

1. Introduction: What John Wrote
2. John Repeats John
3. John Repeats Scripture, and John and the Synoptics
4. John and the Synoptics: Four Test Cases
5. Conclusion: What John Knew and What John Wrote