Gospel of John by Ana Luisa, Tamara and Jessica

The four ways to study the gospels are historical-literary, redaction, comparative method, and thematic method. The historical-literary method consists of viewing the gospel while taking into account the historical context in which they were written. The redaction method consists of reading the gospel while keeping in mind what is unnecessary and what could be changed in an editing way. The comparative method consists of comparing one gospel to another gospel and other sources written around the same time. The thematic method is reviewing of the central themes in a gospel and seeing why they are important.

These methods can all be used to study John for it is gospel was last written and thus it has used many sources. A historical literary-historical method would provide a contextual view.