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In the first volume of Raymond E. Browns magisterial three-volume commentary on the Gospel According to John, all of the major Johannine questionsof authorship, composition, dating, the relationship of John to the Synoptics (Mark, Matthew, and Luke)are discussed. The important theories of modern biblical scholarship concerning John are weighed against the evidence given in the text and against prevailing biblical research. In sum, what is attempted is a synthesis of the major scholarly insights that bear on the Fourth Gospel. The translationas Father Brown states at the outsetstrives not for any formal beauty but rather for an accurate and contemporary version: the simple, everyday Greek of the Gospel has been rendered into the ordinary American English of today. The result is a translation that will strike the reader with uncommon immediacy. Father Brown also analyzes, in the appendixes, the meaning, use, and frequency of certain key words and phrases that occur in John, and examines the differences between the Johannine and Synoptic treatments of the miracle stories. The chapters of the Gospel translated here in Volume 29 (112) comprise the Prologue, which opens with the famous I

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Author

introduction, translation and notes by Raymond E. Brown. Chapters 1-12

Publisher

Anchor Bible

Published

1966

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385520959

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Bible

Rating

4.42 / 5 (71 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14