What in the world is a Johannine Pentecost?

Here I discuss a rather surprising scholarly theory that John narrates "theologically" by inventing the incident in which Jesus breathes on his disciples and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit." I point out that, aside from questioning the resurrection appearance itself, there is no special reason to doubt this particular sub-incident. So why do scholars do so? Why do they talk about a "Johannine Pentecost" when the two events are so obviously different? You'll be able to see the weakness of the claims and the reasoning behind them in this discussion.  Here is an older blog post in which I discuss this issue. Please note that at the time that it was written, Dr. Craig Keener had not yet clarified that he does affirm the historicity of the event in John 20 where Jesus breathes on his disciples. I am by no means the only scholar to be previously confused about his views on this topic; as I mention in the video, some who apparently thought they were agreeing with Keener on this point have taken the position that the incident is not historical. You'll be able to see the quotations from his earlier works on the subject. The blog post remains useful as a discussion of the perils of theologizing our historical investigation rather than asking ourselves about the probable historicity of the plainly narrated events and building our theology subsequently.   

http://whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2018/06/does_john_narrate_theologicall.html