J. Ramsey Michaels is professor emeritus of religious studies at Missouri State University and adjunct professor of New Testament at Bangor Theological Seminary. He is the author of several commentaries on the New Testament.
"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
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