The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary

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

The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary. By Herman N. Ridderbos. Translated by John Vriend. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997, xiv + 721 pp., $42.00 paper.

Readers familiar with Herman Ridderbos have come to expect outstanding scholarship from the well-known Dutch scholar. The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary should not disappoint anyone. Ridderbos approaches the fourth gospel attempting to magnify John's theological understanding of Jesus while at the same time supporting the historical underpinnings of the gospel. According to Ridderbos, John assumes that his audience was familiar ...

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