John (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)
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Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 9780801034541
Type: Paperback
"Among the spate of commentaries published on John's Gospel, Brant's is distinctive and distinguished. It may well become the text of choice for the university classroom and will enhance appreciation of the Bible as literature."--Willard Swartley, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
The Gospel of John, full of striking language and symbolism, is familiar to many as a sourcebook of favorite quotations. It is far more difficult to read this complex and subtle Gospel as a coherent whole on its own terms. In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, an expert on John's dramatic rhetoric helps students and pastors do just that.
Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by
attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs
showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits
commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book
focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text
making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format
This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse.
Editorial Board
Paul J. Achtemeier (emeritus, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia)
Loveday Alexander (University of Sheffield)
C. Clifton Black (Princeton Theological Seminary)
Susan R. Garrett (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary)
Francis J. Moloney, SDB (Salesian Province of Australia)
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1. John 1:1-2:12 In the Beginning
John 1:1-18 The Prologue and More
John 1:19-2:12 Jesus Enters the Narrative
Part 2. John 2:13-12:11 Jesus' Itinerant Ministry
John 2:13-4:54 Transforming Sacred Space
John 5:1-47 God Works on the Sabbath
John 6:1-71 Bread and Circuses
John 7:1-8:59 Verbal Sparring at the Festival of Sukkoth
John 9:1-10:42 A Second Sabbath Violation at a Second Pool
John 11:1-12:11 The Sweet Scent of Death
Part 3. John 12:13-19:37 Jesus' Triumphant Hour
John 12:13-50 Jesus the Triumphator
John 13:1-38 After the Last Supper
John 13:31-17:25 The Farewell Address
John 18:1-19:37 Behold the Man
Part 4. John 20:1-21:25 Jesus' Resurrection: Endings and Epilogues
John 20:1-31 Recognition and Reversal
John 21:1-25 Out of the Past and into the Future
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