Gospel of John, The: A Theological Commentary (Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries Series)

*New in the Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries collection*  
  
In this commentary on John-originally published in Dutch in 1987 and translated into English a decade later-Herman Ridderbos engages the host of twentieth-century interpretations while also developing his own integral understanding of John in which the Gospel emerges as a profoundly theological work.  
  
Beginning with a theological introduction on "the peculiar character of the Fourth Gospel," Ridderbos uses verse-by-verse exposition to unpack John's distinctive apostolic character, offering expert literary and homiletical exegesis of the Fourth Gospel "as the Christian church adopted it."Read less