John, Volume 36: Revised Edition (36) (Word Biblical Commentary)

✍ Scribed by George R. Beasley-Murray, Bruce M. Metzger (editor), David Allen Hubbard (editor), Glenn W. Barker (editor)

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 586
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Overview of Commentary Organization

• Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.
• Each section of the commentary includes:
• Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
• Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
  • General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Editorial Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
Commentary Bibliography
General Bibliography
Introduction
The Enigma of the Fourth Gospel
The Origin of the Fourth Gospel
The Relations of the Fourth Gospel With the Synoptic Gospels
The Literary Sources of the Fourth Gospel
The Tradition Behind the Fourth Gospel and Its Development
The Religious Relations of the Fourth Gospel
Hellenistic Traditions
Philo
Gnosticism
The Hermetic Literature
Mandaism
Jewish Traditions
The Old Testament In the Fourth Gospel
Rabbinic Judaism
The Qumran Literature
Samaritan Religion
Conclusion
The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel
The External Evidence
The Internal Evidence
The Date and Place of Writing of the Fourth Gospel
Aspects of the Theology of the Fourth Gospel
Christology
Soteriology
Eschatology
The Purpose of the Fourth Gospel
The Structure of the Fourth Gospel
Editorial Preface to the Revised (1999) Edition
Supplement to the Revised (1999) Edition
Part I
Supplement to the Commentary Bibliography
Supplement to the General Bibliography
Part II
Supplementary Bibliography of Exegetical and Theological Discussions of Sections In the Gospel
Part III
Reviews of Significant Recent Books On the Gospel
The Gospel of John
I. The Prologue (1:1–18)
II. The Public Ministry of Jesus (1:19–12:50)
A. Testimonies to Jesus: The Witness of John the Baptist and the Early Disciples (1:19–51)
B. The Revelation of the New Order In Jesus (2:1–4:24)
1. The Beginning of the Signs: Water Into Wine (2:1–12)
2. The Cleansing of the Temple (2:13–22)
3. The Nicodemus Discourse (2:23–3:36)
4. Jesus and the Samaritans (4:1–42)
C. Jesus the Mediator of Life and Judgment (4:43–5:47)
D. Jesus the Bread of Life (6:1–71)
E. Jesus the Water and the Light of Life (7:1–8:59)
1. Jesus the Water of Life (7:1–52)
2. Jesus the Light of Life (8:12–59)
3. A Woman Caught In Adultery (7:53–8:11)
F. Jesus the Light and Shepherd of Humankind (9:1–10:42)
1. Jesus the Light of the World That Brings Judgment to the World (9:1–41)
2. Jesus the Shepherd and Son of God (10:1–42)
G. Jesus the Resurrection and the Life (11:1–54)
H. Jesus the King, Triumphant Through Death (11:55–12:50)
III. The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus (13:1–20:31)
A. The Ministry of Jesus to the Disciples In the Upper Room (13:1–17:26)
1. The Footwashing and the Betrayal of Jesus (13:1–30)
2. The Departure and the Return of Jesus (13:31–14:31)
3. Jesus the True Vine—The Hatred of the World for the Church—The Joy That Overcomes Tribulation (15:1–16:33)
4. The Prayer of Consecration (17:1–26)
B. The Death and Resurrection of Jesus (18:1–20:31)
1. The Passion Narrative: The Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial of Jesus (18:1–19:42)
2. The Resurrection of Jesus (20:1–31)
IV. Epilogue: The Mission of the Church and Its Chief Apostles (21:1–25)
Indexes
Index of Ancient Authors
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Principal Topics
Index of Biblical Texts