None the less, your position that "John" was not meant to be a chronicle fails by a simple reading of the text.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...ersion=NIV
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
and so on and so on.....
Ehrman is correct in that this 'gospel' seeks to lay out a story in chronological fashion and he is correct in his assertion that this tale is different from the others. In fact, 'John' is largely out of step with the others but I'm sure we'll get to that.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...ersion=NIV
Chapter 1
Quote:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him
Quote:35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
Quote:43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee.
Chapter 2
Quote:1On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee
Quote: 12After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Quote:13When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(The famed temple cleaning exercise)
Chapter 3
Quote: 22After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside
and so on and so on.....
Ehrman is correct in that this 'gospel' seeks to lay out a story in chronological fashion and he is correct in his assertion that this tale is different from the others. In fact, 'John' is largely out of step with the others but I'm sure we'll get to that.
