References and Abbreviations

Barrett

C.K. Barrett, The Gospel According to St. John (Second Edition; Westminster, 1978)

BDAG

A Greek‐English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, by Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000)

Beasley-Murray

George R. Beasley-Murray, John (Word Biblical Commentary 36; Word, 1987)

Brown

Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John (Anchor Bible; Doubleday; Part 1, John I-XII, 1966; Part 2, John XIII-XXII,

Carson

D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1991)

DJG

Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity Press, 1992)

ESV

English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001)

Grudem, Systematic Theology

Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Zondervan, 1994, 2000)

ISBE

Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition)

Jesus & Archaeology

James H. Charlesworth (editor), Jesus and Archaeology (Eerdmans, 2006)

KJV

King James Version  (Authorized Version, 1611)

Kruse

Colin G. Kruse, John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries; Eerdmans, 2003)

Ladd

George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1974), especially his section on “The Fourth Gospel,” pp. 213-308

Liddell‐Scott

Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott, A Greek‐English Lexicon (revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie; Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1940, Perseus Project online edition)

Metzger

Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (United Bible Societies, 1971)

Morris, John

Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John (New International Commentary of the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1971)

Morris, Studies

Leon Morris, Studies in the Fourth Gospel (Eerdmans, 1969)

Morris, Theology

Leon Morris, Gospel of Life: Theology in the Fourth Gospel (Hendrickson, 1991)

NASB

New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1960-1988)

NIDNTT

New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Colin Brown (editor; Zondervan, 1975‐1978; translated with additions and revisions from Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament, Coenen, Beyreuther, and Bitenhard, editors)

NIV

New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)

NJB

New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 1985)

NRSV

New Revised Standard Version  (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ, USA, 1989)

Robertson

Archibald Thomas Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1932, 1960)

Strack and Billerbeck

Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch (München: Beck, 1922)

TDNT

Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten volume edition)

Thompson

Marianne Meye Thompson, “John, Gospel of,” in DJG, pp. 368-383


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