John (New International Commentary on the New Testament) (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) - Hardcover

Michaels, J. Ramsey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802823025 ISBN 13: 9780802823021

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2010

Synopsis

In this detailed commentary J. Ramsey Michaels gives primary attention to the Gospel of John in its present form rather than to the sources or traditions behind it. Michaels examines both the Gospel's literary character and its theological significance for the Christian community in its own time and through the ages. --from publisher description

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Review:

"This is a commentary for which it was well worth waiting. The fruit of a lifetime's engagement with John's Gospel, it manages to be both conservative and original. Above all, it does superbly what the best commentaries do -- immerse readers in the text itself. Michaels takes us with him deep into this Gospel's story of Jesus, expertly probing the narrative, asking questions about it that we may not have thought of, and pointing out details, nuances, and connections we may have missed, all the while ensuring we do not avoid the text's larger, sometimes uncomfortable, truth claims. Readers will emerge invigorated, enlightened, and inspired. . . . The excellence of Michaels's substantial and intriguing close reading makes his commentary one to which readers will return again and again for continuing stimulus in their own study of John."
-- Andrew T. Lincoln
University of Gloucestershire

"A senior Johannine scholar here weaves together fresh thinking on John's Gospel with his years of engagement with the Gospel and its earlier scholarly interpreters. This new commentary is attentive to the details of the text, to structural clues, and to the cohesiveness of John's narrative as a whole; while clearly sensitive to the Greek text, it is written to be intelligible for English readers."
-- Craig Keener
Palmer Theological Seminary

About the Author:

J. Ramsey Michaels is emeritus professor of religious studies at Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri and adjunct professor of new Testament at Bangor Theological Seminary, Portland, Maine.

About this edition

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0802823025
• ISBN 13: 9780802823021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1094