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General Resources for the Book of John
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • John at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Bible Briefs, John: study guide from Virginia Theological Seminary.
  • Felix Just S.J.'s Johannine Literature: Materials for the Study of the Fourth Gospel and the Letters of John.
  • Gospel of John, Authorship of the Johannine Works, Beloved Disciple, Wikipedia.
  • The Fourth Gospel: Homepage for Research by Armand J. Gagne at the University of South Carolina at Sumter.
  • Introduction to the Book of John, New American Bible.
  • Introduction to John, Dom Henry Wansbrough, detailed historical & literary introductory study.
  • The Gospel of John: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
  • Gospel of Saint John from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • The World Wide Study Bible on the Gospel of John.
  • Introduction to John, The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
  • Bible Basics (John) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Walking Through the Bible: John.
  • Biblenotes summary: John.
  • "Papyri and Manuscripts Related to the Gospel and Epistles of John," Felix Just, S.J. Lists and links.
  • "The Gospel of John: An Introduction," James T. Dennison, Jr. in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
  • Introduction to John, Henry Wansbrough.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
  • John, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • John, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • John, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
  • John, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • John, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • John, People's New Testament, 1891.
  • John, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • John, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
  • John, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
  • An Exegetical Commentary on John, W. Hall Harris, bible.org.
  • The Fourth Gospel, Theo252 at Australian Catholic University, course material by Dr. Mary Coloe. 
  • A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels, vol 4, John, Wieland Willker.
  • A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Carl W Conrad, Washington University.
  • The Gospel of John, textual commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • Acts, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
  • Free Bible Commentary, John and 1, 2, and 3 John Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
• Articles and Background:
  • The Problem of the Fourth Gospel, Hl. Latimer Jackson, 1918. Full text.
  • "Images of Jesus and the Christian Call in the Gospels of Luke and John," Mary Rose D'Angelo, Spirituality Today, Fall 1985.
  • The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought, by Vernard Eller. Full text of book, at House Church Central, 1987.
  • "Jesus and Women in the Gospel of John," Karen Heidebrecht Thiessen, Direction, 1990.
  • "The Passion and Resurrection According to John," Craig R. Koester, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1991.
  • "The Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Theology Today, 1993.
  • "'God's Voice You Have Never Heart, God's Form You Have Never Seen': The Characterization of God in the Gospel of John," Marianne Meye Thompson, Semeia 63: Characterization in Biblical Literature, 1993.
  • "The Structure of John's Gospel - The Present State of the Question," James T. Dennison, Jr. in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
  • "The Narrative Function of Anonymity in Fourth Gospel Characterization," David R. Beck, Semeia 63: Characterization in Biblical Literature, 1993.
  • The Gospel of John and the Hellenization of Jesus, James Still, at Internet Infidels.
  • "Signs in the Fourth Gospel: What Is the Evangelist Doing?" Terry A. Larm, 1996.
  • "The Sociology of Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, in What Is John? Vol. II: Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, 79-109. F. Segovia, ed. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
  • "Mary Magdalene: Author of the Fourth Gospel?" Ramon K. Jusino, 1998.
  • "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in John," at Dr. Vernon K. Robbins' Encyclopedia of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation, 1999.
  • Commentary on the "I AM" sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel, Robert Nguyen Cramer.
  • "Between Tradition and Literary Art: The Use of the Miracle Tradition in the Fourth Gospel," M. Labahn, Biblica 80 (1999). Abstract.
  • "Anti-Judaism in John? The Depiction of 'The Jews' in the Fourth Gospel," MC deBoer, SBL 2000.
  • "Jesus' Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel: An Antidote to Anti-Judaism?" Raimo Hakola, University of Helsinki, SBL 2000.
  • "Wrestling with Johannine Anti-Judaism: A Hermeneutical Framework for the Analysis of the Current Debate," R. Bieringer, D. Pollefeyt, F. Vandecasteele-Vanneuville, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Bible and Interpretation, 2001.
  • "The Beloved Disciple and the Author of the Fourth Gospel: John? (and which John?) OR possibly a Woman?" Robert Nguyen Cramer, 2001.
  • "Mark, John, and Answerability: Aspects of Interfluentiality between the Second and Fourth Gospels," Paul N. Anderson, 2001.
  • "Genre Bending in the Fourth Gospel," Harold W. Attridge, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
  • "John's Warning to His Church and to Our Church: Beware of Following Peter," Ann Naffziger, Gravitas, 2002.
  • "The Production of the Johannine Community: A New Historicist Perspective," Colleen M. Conway, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
  • The Role of John's Gospel in the Three Year Lectionary, by Dr. William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
  • "Spaced Out in John: Territoriality in the Fourth Gospel," Jerome H. Neyrey, forthcoming from Hervormde Teologiese Studien, 2004.
  • Interpreting the Interpreter: Intertextual Midrash in John's Gospel 1 - 4, Roberta C. Allen.
  • "Current Approaches to the Priority of John," Mark A. Matson, Stone-Campbell Journal, 2004.
  • "The Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls," Harold Attridge, Orion center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 2004.
  • "Significant Translation: Exchange as Literary-Theological Pattern in John," V. George Shillington, Direction, 2004.
  • "The Sword of the Messiah and the Concept of Liberation in the Fourth Gospel," Cornelia Bennema, Biblica, 2005.
  • "Rethinking John's Social Setting: Hidden Transcript, Anti-language, and the Negotiation of the Empire," David Reed, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2006.
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
  • Anderson, Paul N., "The Having-Sent-Me Father: Aspects of Agency, Encounter, and Irony in the Johannine Father-Son Relationship," Semeia, 1999.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Attridge, Harold W., "Genre Bending in the Fourth Gospel," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Bartlett, David, "Interpreting and Preaching the Gospel of John," Interpretation, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Boersma, Hans, "A New Age Love Story: Worldview and Ethics in the Gospel of John," Calvin Theological Journal, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Brown, Raymond E., S.S., "Johannine Ecclesiology -- The Community's Origins," Interpretation, 1977.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Brown, Raymond E., S.S., "The Johannine World for Preachers," Interpretation, 1989.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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  • Brown, Raymond E., S.S., "Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel," Theological Studies, 1975.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Conway, Colleen M., "The Production of the Johannine Community: A New Historicist Perspective," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Hägerland, Tobias, "John's Gospel: A Two-Level Drama?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Madigan, Daniel A., SJ, "People of the Word: Reading John with a Muslim," Review & Expositor, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Marrow, Stanley B., "Kosmos in John," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Moloney, Francis J., "The Gospel of John as Scripture," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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  • Morrison, Craig E., O. Carm., "The 'Hour of Distress' in Targum Neofiti and the 'Hour' in the Gospel of John," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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  • Neyrey, Jerome H., S.J., "Encomium versus Vituperation: Contrasting Portraits of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Schroeder, Edward H., "Mosaic and Christic Ethos in the Gospel of John," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Tasmuth, Randar, "Authority Authorship, and Apostolicity as a Part of the Johannine Question: The Role of Papias in the Search for the Authoritative Author of the Gospel of John," Concordia Journal, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Thatcher, Tom, "John's Memory Theater: The Fourth Gospel and Ancient Mnemo-Rhetoric," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Thate, Michael J., "Conditionality in John's Gospel: A Critique and Examination of Time and Reality as Classically Conceived in Conditional Constructions," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Witmer, Stephen E., "Approaches to Scripture in the Fourth Gospel and the Qumran Pesharim," Novum Testamentum, 2006.
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      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
• TextWeek's Links and Resources for Studying the Gospels. Includes resources for Synoptic Studies and Historical Jesus Studies.
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