Bestowal of the Holy Spirit: An Exegetico-Theological Study of John 20:22 in the Johannine Pneumatological Context

A Prospectus on Johannine Pneumatology
Status Quaestionis...........15
Development of the Notion of Pneuma .......33
Pneuma in the New Testament .........55
2. Preliminaries for Understanding John 20:22
The Debate on Johannine Pneumatological Relevance........68
Synoptic Comparison of John 20........88
Literary Organization of John 20:19-23..............114
Structural Analysis of John 20.........118
3. Exegesis of John 20:22: Johannine Pneumatological Climax
Detailed Exegetical Analysis of John 20:22.........130
When he had said this, He Breathed on them ......135
And Said to Them, Receive the Holy Spirit .........145
The Forgiveness of Sins........179
The Role of John 20:22 in the Fourth Gospel .....184
Climax of the Bestowal of the Pneuma: Jn 20:22......193
4. John 20:22 Pneumatic Structural Climax of the Fourth Gospel
Pneumatic Structure of the Fourth Gospel ........204
John 1:1-3:36: Life-Giving Pneuma.........206
John 4:1-39 Pneumatic Typology of Water .......214
John 8: 1-13:38: Anthropology of the Spirit of Jesus ......226
John 14: 1-26: Paraclete and His Functions ....228
John 18: 1-21:25: Bestowal of the Pneuma.......243
5. Theological Synthesis of the JOhannine Pneumatology
Fourth Gospel : The Gospel of the Holy Spirit ..........256
Synthesis of Easter Bestowal and Pentacost .......264
Theology of Johannine Pneumatological Climax ........281