Mary L. Coloe
Becoming God's Beloved in the Company of Friends
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Here is a beautifully evocative spiritual reading of the Gospel of John. While resting on sound scholarship, this is kept in the background inviting the reader to engage directly with the Gospel text sensitively and intelligently. Modeling the spirituality of the Gospel the author writes self-consciously and in dialogue with a reader, offering the challenge to enter into the text, then to allow the text to transform the reader's life. Here is scholarship at its best, as it communicates its depth in a manner accessible to all. Pazdan's book is a valuable resource for one's reflective spiritual reading, or for a small group gathering to discuss and pray with the Fourth Gospel. As the Gospel it is based upon, this book invites one into life in the household of God.”
Diving into the Gospel of John
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“It is a pleasure to read a new approach to John’s Gospel. Bruce Reichenbach addresses the entire text but not in the style of a commentary; instead, he offers eleven different ‘boards’ as the starting points for diving into the pool of John’s Gospel, informing and developing the reader’s awareness of the evangelist’s artistry. This book will appeal to academics, college students, and pastors, and is well worth having in your library.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Sherri Brown's book is a delight to read. Rich in insight and sensitively treating the faith perspective of this Gospel, she proposes that God's covenantal relationship with Israel is now continued and explicated fully in God's covenantal gift of Jesus--a gift upon gift (John 1:16). Her well written study examines John's understanding of Scripture and the trauma of post-70 believers as they negotiate belief in Jesus in continuity and tension with Judaism. I welcome and highly recommend this addition to Johannine scholarship.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Andrea Robinson’s book tries to correct the deeply rooted idea that John 14:2—In my Father’s house are many dwellings—is a reference to some sort of heavenly mansion after death. Robinson argues instead that this text refers to the current life of Jesus’ followers dwelling in God’s household now, through the mutual indwelling of the Trinity. Based on sound scholarship, the writing style is attractive to the ordinary reader, as well as the academic, looking to understand the unique approach of John’s Gospel.”
Jesus and the Reign of God in John
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Although the reign of God is mentioned by Jesus only twice in John (3:3 and 5), there can be no doubt that the text resonates with an understanding that Jesus brings to us the possibility of participation in the life of God. In John this is called ‘eternal life,’ or as I like to name it, ‘eternity life.’ Mark’s Kiley’s book uncovers the presence of this reign/life of God in his analysis. This is particularly evident through the lens of Sophia, expressed in the Wisdom of Solomon, as well as through other significant themes such as ‘seeing’ and the puzzling parables/stories.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Jonathan Numada offers a brave and fascinating study of Jewish self-categorizations found in Hellenistic Diaspora Jewish literature. Using social identity theory and self-categorization theory, Numada asks—What did it mean to be a ‘jew’ in Egypt, Asia Minor, and Rome. He then turns to John’s Gospel to examine the presentation of ‘the Jews’ in this text. At a time when Judaism was still attractive to the Jewish believers in Jesus, the Gospel’s polemic sets up a clear choice for Jews—choose Jesus and his fidelity to ancestral teaching, or choose Caesar. This study changes the usual ‘two-level drama’ paradigm.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“What a joy to read such a lucid and sensitive insight into the Gospel of John! Dorothy Lee has a formidable background in classical and patristic literature, which she seamlessly weaves into her analysis. Taking the prologue (1:1–18) as her key, Lee leads the reader through the entire Gospel, relating the themes introduced in the prologue to the narrative that follows. She looks back to an ancient text and then consciously relates its implications to the present world and the experience of believers today. Pastors and teachers will find this volume a gem, while academics will recognize the wealth of scholarship needed to write with such authority. Thank you, Dorothy, for this outstanding contribution to our appreciation of John.”
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“Bravo! Here is a fresh and lively reading of John. Something of the author’s own delight and faith creates an intimate insight into this Gospel. Fine scholarship and joy come together as we meet the characters who were friends of Jesus and have become friends to Jaime Clark-Soles. Through their experience we also meet Jesus, who invites us into his friendship.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Gabriel-Mary Fiore bravely wrestles with the issue of Johannine spirituality. In a systematic manner he addresses what is meant by spirituality, along with historical synopses of ancient and modern authors who have explored this theme. For scholars, pastors, and interested readers, this book offers an excellent overview of Johannine studies that explore what it is about this Gospel that invites contemplation and evokes an experience of God.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Heil's important study guides the reader through the entire text of the Gospel pointing out various aspects of 'worship.' Individuals profess faith in Jesus as an act of 'confessional' worship; symbols of water and bread allude to later 'sacramental' worship; and Jesus' self-sacrificial death models the 'ethical' worship expected of believers willing to live out the love-command. The Gospel of John: Worship for Divine Life Eternal adds a neglected approach to Johannine studies and will be valuable for scholars and pastors.”
Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Dustin Smith makes accessible to the non-specialist readers the rich interplay between the Gospel of John and Jewish Wisdom literature. Drawing on the canonical books and intertestamental texts, the figure of Lady Wisdom is shown to be a major lens through which Jesus is portrayed in this Gospel. Smith’s excellent study hopefully opens up the Wisdom literature as an essential part of late second-Temple Jewish theology, and therefore a necessary part of the world of the first believers and evangelists.”
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