John's Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

John's Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel. By Ben Witherington. Louisville: John Knox, 1995, ix + 411 pp., $34.99 paper.

As participants in the Johannine literature section of the Society of Biblical Literature can attest, the work of Johannine scholarship has taken a marked turn toward the absurd. In this climate it is soothing to hear the sane voice of one like Ben Witherington, Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary. Having written extensively on Jesus, Paul, the Synoptics and gender issues, Witherington here gives us the benefit of his ...

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