Interpreting the Gospel of John / Gary M. Burge.

PART 1. BACKGROUNDS TO THE FOURTH GOSPEL: History of interpretation The early period The Jewishness of John Historical traditions in John The new look on the fourth Gospel The significance of the new look The authorship of the fourth Gospel Internal evidence External evidence.

PART 2. LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL: How the fourth Gospel was built Literary seams in the Fourth Gospel Contextual evidence in John The aporias in the fourth Gospel assessment Discourses and miracles The form of the final story The book of signs (John 1-12) -- The book of glory (John 13-21).

PART 3. A STRATEGY FOR EXEGESIS OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL: The text If you know Greek If you don't know Greek The literary context Synoptic parallels The macro-context The micro-context Building a bibliography Bibliographies How do a bibliographic search The culture context Commentaries Biblical dictionaries and encyclopedias Specialized studies A sample investigation Word studies in John, part 1: word searches Fundamental rules of word study Grammatical analysis: examining original sentences Word searches with Greek concordances Word searches with personal computers English language searches Crating a word search table Thesaurus lingate graecae for the advanced student Word studies in John, part 2: word meanings Four reference tools Special tools Common Johannine word study errors.

PART 4. PREACHING AND EXEGESIS FROM THE FOURTH GOSPEL: The problem of horizons The problem of theological education The new hermeneutic Assessment Contextualization Preaching from John Stifling John's power A preaching cycle through John.

The Gospel of John has become so familiar and seems so simple that it is easy to overlook its special challenges, says the author of this helpful guide. Interpreting the Gospel of John presents an easy-to-follow, step-by-step plan for exegeting the Fourth Gospel. It leads beginners through the maze of academic discussion concerning origins, authorship, and interpretation. Textual, cultural, and literary considerations are explained, and leading commentaries on the Gospel of John are rated according to scholarship and reliability. The final section of the volume focuses on preaching and teaching from John. Interpreting the Gospel of John is part of the Guides to New Testament Exegesis series, covering various genres of New Testament literature.

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Gary M. Burge (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. He is author of The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in the Johannine Tradition and the commentary on John for the Evangelical Commentary on the Bible.