ISBN John book English Paperback 352 pages

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 SeminaryThe 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 byattending 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 formatThis commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse.Editorial BoardPaul 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)ContentsForewordIntroductionPart 1. John 1:1-2:12 In the BeginningJohn 1:1-18 The Prologue and MoreJohn 1:19-2:12 Jesus Enters the NarrativePart 2. John 2:13-12:11 Jesus' Itinerant MinistryJohn 2:13-4:54 Transforming Sacred SpaceJohn 5:1-47 God Works on the SabbathJohn 6:1-71 Bread and CircusesJohn 7:1-8:59 Verbal Sparring at the Festival of SukkothJohn 9:1-10:42 A Second Sabbath Violation at a Second PoolJohn 11:1-12:11 The Sweet Scent of DeathPart 3. John 12:13-19:37 Jesus' Triumphant HourJohn 12:13-50 Jesus the TriumphatorJohn 13:1-38 After the Last SupperJohn 13:31-17:25 The Farewell AddressJohn 18:1-19:37 Behold the ManPart 4. John 20:1-21:25 Jesus' Resurrection: Endings and EpiloguesJohn 20:1-31 Recognition and ReversalJohn 21:1-25 Out of the Past and into the FutureBibliography