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Synopsis
The portrayal of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel is remarkably dissimilar to the Jesus found in the synoptic gospels. Ben Witherington places the Gospel of John within its proper literary, historical, social, and theological contexts, with a special emphasis on dealing with the wisdom traditions of Hellenistic Judaism. What emerges is a compelling argument that the Gospel of John has an agenda for mission, in addition to concerns for discipleship and community life.
Society of Biblical Literature - J. Ramsey Michaels
...[T]he book is more successful as a commentary than as a monograph on wisdom....[T]his is a useful and innovative exposition of John's Gospel for the general reader. Perhaps its most valuable feature is a section at each chapter's end on "Bridging the Horizons" (that is, between the first century and today)....Witherington's purpose is not, after all, so different from John's: "that you might believe" (or "come to believe," John 20:31).