Commentaries

Culpepper, R. Alan.  Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design.  Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983.
 

Dodd, C. H.   The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980.

Very useful for the review of theological themes in the Fourth Gospel.  Particularly detailed information on Talmud and Midrash.

This text looks carefully at the wilderness motifs and connections with John's Gospel.  There is ample discussion on the role of Moses and the connection that may exist between Christ and the Torah.

Guilding looks very closely at the Festivals of Judaism and the way in which the Scriptures are chosen for each of these.  This can be helpful  in both speculating about and in understanding John's use of the Old Testament, especially given the frequent reference to Festivals in the text.

An exceptionally useful text which explores not only the instances of Old Testament usage by John but also discusses the manner in which John uses the OT.

Watson is generally interested in the sources which John uses,and the first six chapters of this book contain a few concrete references to the Old Testament.

This is a very short book which does not go into detail about any particular part of John's Gospel.  The strength of this work, from the perspective of this web-site is to draw parallels between the structure of the Old Testament and the way in which these structures influenced the evangelist in his work.

This work offers a comprehensive exegesis of the Gospel.  The author draws frequent comparisons between John's work and the Wisdom Literature of Israel.  He also synthesises the work of many Johannine scholars into a very intelligible format.

Brinsmead, R.  "Law" and "Commandments" in the Gospel of John - http://www.quango.net/brinsmead/johncommandments.htm
 
 
 

Introduction

OT Citations

OT Events

OT Characters

OT Themes

Bibliography