This commentary offers a fresh way of conveying the Johannine message to a twenty-first century audience. In addition to providing familiarity with central matters related to the gospel, it helpfully engages the two dominant methods used in current interpretive work, namely, narrative and historical approaches to John. It also offers a synthesis of existing material and introduces readers to a neglected element in Johannine interpretation: the gospels negotiation of the Roman imperial world.
Warren Carter is the Lindsey P. Pherigo Professor of New Testament at Saint Paul School of theology.