Synopses & Reviews
The first comprehensive study of St. John's Gospel in forty years, this book provides new and coherent answers to what Rudolf Baltmann regarded as the two great riddles of the Gospel: its position in the history of Christian thought, and its central or governing idea. Ashton provides translations of all non-English quotations, and confines detailed exegetical arguments and intricate questions of specialized concern to the footnotes, therein making Understanding the Fourth Gospel an accessible study of the Gospel for the general reader.
Review
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and knowledgeable study of the fourth gospel available today. Comparable in scope, erudition, and insight to the classic works of Dodd and Bultmann from a previous scholarly generation."--J. Warren Holleran, St. Patrick's Seminary
"Presents an outstanding overview of the history of Johannine scholarship and then offers some valuable insights into the theology of the book itself."--Irvin Meinrad Arkin, St. Louis University
"Fine book! After reading Ashton, most commentaries seem dull....I will almost certainly choose it as a required text the next time I do a graduate course on John."--David P. Efroymson, La Salle University
"An important benchmark in understanding the Fourth Gospel."--Religious Studies Review
"This significant contribution to the debate on Johannine Gospel origins offers nuanced insights, serious evaluations of other scholars, and is sensitively and economically written."--Theological Studies
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [554]-575) and indexes.