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General Resources for the Book of John
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:

	John at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
	Bible Briefs, John: study guide from Virginia Theological Seminary.
	Felix Just S.J.'s Johannine Literature: Materials for the Study of the Fourth Gospel and the Letters of John.
	Gospel of John, Authorship of the Johannine Works, Beloved Disciple, Wikipedia.
	The Fourth Gospel: Homepage for Research by Armand J. Gagne at the University of South Carolina at Sumter.
	Introduction to the Book of John, New American Bible.
	Introduction to John, Dom Henry Wansbrough, detailed historical & literary introductory study.
	The Gospel of John: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
	"The Gospel of John," from A Historical Introduction to the New Testament, Robert M. Grant, 1963. Full text at Religion Online.
	Gospel of Saint John from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
	The World Wide Study Bible on the Gospel of John.
	Introduction to John, The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
	Bible Basics (John) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
	Walking Through the Bible: John.
	Biblenotes summary: John.
	"Papyri and Manuscripts Related to the Gospel and Epistles of John," Felix Just, S.J. Lists and links.
	"The Gospel of John," in An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard. Full text of book online at Religion Online.
	"The Gospel of John: An Introduction," James T. Dennison, Jr. in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
	Introduction to John, Henry Wansbrough.

Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:

	John, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
	John, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
	John, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
	John, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
	John, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
	John, People's New Testament, 1891.
	John, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
	John, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
	John, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
	The Gospel of John, William R. Cannon, 1982. Full text online at Religion Online.
	"John," from Many Witnesses, One Lord, William Barclay. Full text at Religion Online.
	An Exegetical Commentary on John, W. Hall Harris, bible.org.
	The Fourth Gospel, Theo252 at Australian Catholic University, course material by Dr. Mary Coloe.
	A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels, vol 4, John, Wieland Willker.
	A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Carl W Conrad, Washington University.
	The Gospel of John, textual commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
	Acts, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
	Free Bible Commentary, John and 1, 2, and 3 John Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.

Articles and Background:

	The Problem of the Fourth Gospel, Hl. Latimer Jackson, 1918. Full text.
	"Images of Jesus and the Christian Call in the Gospels of Luke and John," Mary Rose D'Angelo, Spirituality Today, Fall 1985.
	The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought, by Vernard Eller. Full text of book, at House Church Central, 1987.
	"Jesus and Women in the Gospel of John," Karen Heidebrecht Thiessen, Direction, 1990.
	"The Passion and Resurrection According to John," Craig R. Koester, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1991.
	"The Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Theology Today, 1993.
	"'God's Voice You Have Never Heart, God's Form You Have Never Seen': The Characterization of God in the Gospel of John," Marianne Meye Thompson, Semeia 63: Characterization in Biblical Literature, 1993.
	"The Structure of John's Gospel - The Present State of the Question," James T. Dennison, Jr. in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
	"The Narrative Function of Anonymity in Fourth Gospel Characterization," David R. Beck, Semeia 63: Characterization in Biblical Literature, 1993.
	The Gospel of John and the Hellenization of Jesus, James Still, at Internet Infidels.
	"Signs in the Fourth Gospel: What Is the Evangelist Doing?" Terry A. Larm, 1996.
	"The Sociology of Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, in What Is John? Vol. II: Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, 79-109. F. Segovia, ed. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
	"Mary Magdalene: Author of the Fourth Gospel?" Ramon K. Jusino, 1998.
	"Examples of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in John," at Dr. Vernon K. Robbins' Encyclopedia of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation, 1999.
	Commentary on the "I AM" sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel, Robert Nguyen Cramer.
	"Between Tradition and Literary Art: The Use of the Miracle Tradition in the Fourth Gospel," M. Labahn, Biblica 80 (1999). Abstract.
	"Anti-Judaism in John? The Depiction of 'The Jews' in the Fourth Gospel," MC deBoer, SBL 2000.
	"Jesus' Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel: An Antidote to Anti-Judaism?" Raimo Hakola, University of Helsinki, SBL 2000.
	"Wrestling with Johannine Anti-Judaism: A Hermeneutical Framework for the Analysis of the Current Debate," R. Bieringer, D. Pollefeyt, F. Vandecasteele-Vanneuville, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Bible and Interpretation, 2001.
	"The Beloved Disciple and the Author of the Fourth Gospel: John? (and which John?) OR possibly a Woman?" Robert Nguyen Cramer, 2001.
	"Mark, John, and Answerability: Aspects of Interfluentiality between the Second and Fourth Gospels," Paul N. Anderson, 2001.
	"Genre Bending in the Fourth Gospel," Harold W. Attridge, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
	"John's Warning to His Church and to Our Church: Beware of Following Peter," Ann Naffziger, Gravitas, 2002.
	"The Production of the Johannine Community: A New Historicist Perspective," Colleen M. Conway, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
	The Role of John's Gospel in the Three Year Lectionary, by Dr. William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
	"Spaced Out in John: Territoriality in the Fourth Gospel," Jerome H. Neyrey, forthcoming from Hervormde Teologiese Studien, 2004.
	Interpreting the Interpreter: Intertextual Midrash in John's Gospel 1 - 4, Roberta C. Allen.
	"Current Approaches to the Priority of John," Mark A. Matson, Stone-Campbell Journal, 2004.
	"The Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls," Harold Attridge, Orion center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 2004.
	"Significant Translation: Exchange as Literary-Theological Pattern in John," V. George Shillington, Direction, 2004.
	"The Sword of the Messiah and the Concept of Liberation in the Fourth Gospel," Cornelia Bennema, Biblica, 2005.
	"Rethinking John's Social Setting: Hidden Transcript, Anti-language, and the Negotiation of the Empire," David Reed, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2006.

Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):

	Anderson, Paul N., "The Having-Sent-Me Father: Aspects of Agency, Encounter, and Irony in the Johannine Father-Son Relationship," Semeia, 1999.
	Attridge, Harold W., "Genre Bending in the Fourth Gospel," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
	Bartlett, David, "Interpreting and Preaching the Gospel of John," Interpretation, 2006.
	Boersma, Hans, "A New Age Love Story: Worldview and Ethics in the Gospel of John," Calvin Theological Journal, 2003.
	Brown, Raymond E., S.S., "Johannine Ecclesiology -- The Community's Origins," Interpretation, 1977.
	Brown, Raymond E., S.S., "The Johannine World for Preachers," Interpretation, 1989.
	Brown, Raymond E., S.S., "Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel," Theological Studies, 1975.
	Conway, Colleen M., "The Production of the Johannine Community: A New Historicist Perspective," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
	"Father" as a metaphor in the Fourth Gospel, issue focus of Semeia 85, 1999.
	H�gerland, Tobias, "John's Gospel: A Two-Level Drama?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2003.
	Madigan, Daniel A., SJ, "People of the Word: Reading John with a Muslim," Review & Expositor, 2007. Image Browse - PDF
	Marrow, Stanley B., "Kosmos in John," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2002.
	Moloney, Francis J., "The Gospel of John as Scripture," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
	Morrison, Craig E., O. Carm., "The 'Hour of Distress' in Targum Neofiti and the 'Hour' in the Gospel of John," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
	Neyrey, Jerome H., S.J., "Encomium versus Vituperation: Contrasting Portraits of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007. Image Browse - PDF
	Schroeder, Edward H., "Mosaic and Christic Ethos in the Gospel of John," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2002.
	Tasmuth, Randar, "Authority Authorship, and Apostolicity as a Part of the Johannine Question: The Role of Papias in the Search for the Authoritative Author of the Gospel of John," Concordia Journal, 2007. Image Browse - PDF
	Thatcher, Tom, "John's Memory Theater: The Fourth Gospel and Ancient Mnemo-Rhetoric," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2007. Image Browse - PDF
	Witmer, Stephen E., "Approaches to Scripture in the Fourth Gospel and the Qumran Pesharim," Novum Testamentum, 2006. Image Browse - PDF

Reviews:

1999:

Nissen, Johannes and Sigfred Pederson, New Readings in John: Literary and Theological Perspectives: Essays from the Scandinavian Conference on the Fourth Gospel in Arhus 1997. Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. Review by Dale C. Allision in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

2001:

Reinhartz, Adele, Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John. Continuum, 2001.

	Review by Derek MH Tovey in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
	Review by Jeffrey S Siker in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

Resseguie, James L., The Strange Gospel: Narrative Design and POint of View in John. Brill, 2001. Review by David R Bauer in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.

Smith, D. Moody, John among the Gospels. University of South Carolina Press, 2001. Review by M. Boring in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

2002:

Gundry, Robert H, Jesus the Word According to john the Sectarian: A paleofuncamentalist Manifesto for Contemporary Evangelicalism, Especially Its Elites, in North America. Eerdmans, 2002. Review by C Scott Shidemantle in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2003.

Kysar, Robert, Preaching John. Fortress, 2002. Review by Kenneth M. Ruppar in Currents in Theology and Mission.

Lee, Dorothy, Flesh and Glory: Symbolism, Gender and Theology in the Gospel of John. Crossroad, 2002.

	Review by Christopher Skinner at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
	Review by Barbara E. Bowe in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.

Painter, John R, Alan Culpepper and Fernando F. Segovia, eds., Word, Theology and Community in John. Chalice, 2002.

	Review by Steven A Hunt in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
	Review by Mary Pazdan in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.

2003:

Beirne, Margaret M., Women and Men in the Fourth Gospel: A Genuine Discipleship of Equals. Sheffield Academic Press, 2003. Review by Jane S. Webster in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.

Brown, Tricia Gates, Spirit in the Writings of John: Johannine Pneumatology in Social-Scientific Perspective, T&T Clark, 2003.

	Review by Steven A. Hunt at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
	Review by Ron Fay at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

Edwards, Mark, John. Blackwell, 2003. Review by William M. Wright in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

Keener, Craig S., The Gospel of John: A Commentary. Hendrickson, 2003.

	Review by Edward Klink in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
	Review by Andreas Kostenberger in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2004.
	Review by Sean P Kealy in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.

Kelly, Anthony J. and Francis, Moloney, Experiencing God in the Gospel of John. Paulist, 2003. Review by George L Parsenios, Theology Today, 2004.

Koester, Craig R., Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community. Fortress 2003. Reviews by Petrus Maritz, Eric Wallace, Steven A. Hunt, and Mark A. Matson in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

Kruse, Colin G., John. Eerdmans, 2003. Review by Dirk Van Der Merwe in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

Martyn, J. Louis History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel. Westminster John Knox, 2003. Review by Otis Coutsoumpos in Biblical Theology Bulletin.

2004:

	Brant, Jo-Ann A., Dialogue and Drama: Elements of Greek Tragedy in the Fourth Gospel. Hendrickson, 2004. Review by Mark Matson, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
	Kealy, Sean P., John's Gospel and the History of Biblical Interpretation. Meilen, 2004. Review by Martin Albl in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
	K�stenberger, Andreas J., John. Baker, 2004. Review by Jan VanDerWatt, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
	Levine, Amy-Jill, ed., A Feminist Companion to John: Volume 1. Pilgrim, 2004. Review by Mary R. E'Angelo, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Manning, Jr., Gary T., Echoes of a Prophet: The Use of Ezekiel in the Gospel of John and in Literature of the Second Temple Period. T&T Clark, 2004. Review by David Miller in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
	Salier, Willis Hedley, The Rhetorical Impact of the Semeia in the Gospel of John. Mohr Siebeck, 2004. Review by Andreas J K�stenberger, Trinity Journal, 2005.
	Williamson, Lamar, Preaching the Gospel of John: Proclaiming the Living Word. Westminster John Knox, 2004. Review by Joseph Matos at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.

2005:

	Donahue, John R., ed., Life in Abundance: Studies of John's Gospel in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown. Liturgical Press, 2005. Review by Paul Anderson, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Fuglseth, Kare Sigvald, Johannine Sectarianism in Perspective: A Sociological, Historical, and Comparative Analysis of the Temple and Social Relationships in the Gospel of John, Philo, and Qumran. Brill, 2005. Review by Mary Coloe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Hakola, Raimo, Identity Matters: John, the Jews and Jewishness. Brill, 2005. Review by Mary L. Coloe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Kysar, Robert. Voyages with John: Charting the Fourth Gospel. Baylor University Press, 2005. Review by Tom Thatcher, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Lewis, Scott M., The Gospel according to John and the Johannine Letters. Liturgical Press, 2005. Review by Paul Anderson, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Lincoln, Andrew T., The Gospel According to Saint John. Hendrickson, 2005. Review by Craig Keener, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Moloney, Francis J., The Gospel of John: Text and Context. Brill, 2005. Review by Paul Anderson, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
	Voorwinde, Stephen, Jesus' Emotions in the Fourth Gospel: Human or Divine? Review by William R.G. Loader, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Waetjen, Herman C., The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple: A Work in Two Editions. T&T Clark, 2005. Review by John Painter, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.

2006:

	Anderson, Paul N., The Fourth Gospel and the Quest for Jesus: Modern Foundations Reconsidered. T&T Clark, 2006. Reviews by Edward W. Klink III and John Painter, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Dennis, John. Jesus' Death and the Gathering of True Israel: The Johannine Appropriation of Restoration Theology in the Light of John 11.47-52. Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Review by Mary L. Coloe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Esler, Philip and Ronald A. Piper, Lazarus, Mary and Martha: A Social-Scientific and Theological Reading of John. SCM, 2006. Review by Jan G. van der Watt, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Frey, J�rg, Jan van der Watt and Ruben Zimmerman, editors. Imagery in the Gospel of John: Terms, Forms, Themes, and Theology of Johannine Figurative Language. Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Review by Dorothy Lee, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Kierspel, Lars, The Jews and the World in the Fourth Gospel: Parallelism, Function, and Content. Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Review by Adele Reinhartz, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Ling, Timothy, The Judean Poor and the Fourth Gospel. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Review by Bruce J. Malina, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Lozada, Francisco Jr. and Tom Thatcher, eds., New currents through John: A Global Perspective. Society of Biblical Literature/Brill, 2006. Review by Uta Poplutz, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Neyrey, Jerome, The Gospel of John. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Review by Mary L. Coloe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. Review by Dirk van der Merwe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.

2007:

	Campbell, Joan Cecelia, Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John. Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2007. Review by Ritva H. Williams, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Coloe, Mary L., Dwelling in the Household of God: Johannine Ecclesiology and Spirituality. Liturgical Press, 2007. Review by Cornelis Bennema, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Gench, Frances Taylor, Encounters with Jesus: Studies in the Gospel of John. Westminster John Knox, 2007. Review by John Painter, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Karris, Robert J., ed. Works of St. Bonaventure: Commentary on the Gospel of John. Franciscan Institute, 2007. Review by Mark Elliott, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Kysar, Robert, John: The Maverick Gospel. Westminster John Knox, 2007. Review by Dirk G. van der Merwe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
	Richey, Lance Byron, Roman Imperial Ideology and the Gospel of John. The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2007. Review by Warren Carter, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Thatcher, Tom, ed., What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present and Future of Johannine Studies. Baylor University Press, 2007. Review by Cornelis Bennema, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
	Watt, Jan G. van der, An Introduction to the Johannine Gospel and Letters. T&T Clark, 2007. Reviews by D.A. Carson and Tom Thatcher, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.

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