From the Prologue: The subtitle of this book promises you, gentle reader, a Jewish reading of the Gospel of John. I confess at the outset that this title is misleading. First, this book offers not a Jewish reading but several. Second, these readings are not normative or representative of Jewish approaches to the Gospel of John; after all, most Jews do not read the Fourth Gospel. Nor can I assure you that my readings would be shared by all, or any, of the other Jews who have ventured into Johannine territory. Thus a more accurate, if overly cumbersome, subtitle might have been: 'Several Readings of the Gospel of John Attempted by One Jewish Reader.'
