Herman Ridderbos is the author of The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary.
It is considered one of the best John commentaries available today.
Ridderbos published this commentary in 1997. It is over 700 pages.
This is a mid-level to advanced-level commentary. It does not offer a lot of exposition or application help to pastors.
It is praised for its thoroughness and theological reflection.
Volume Details
Paperback: 735 pages
Publisher: Eerdmans (1997)
ISBN-10: 0802804535
ISBN-13: 978-0802804532
Get this volume on Amazon via its exact ISBN: John by Herman Ridderbos
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Commentary Reviews
“A rich resource for any preacher or student. . . . Ridderbos effectively displays the historical and conceptual coherence of the Gospel of John.”
~ Interpretation
“Ridderbos’s commentary reflects balanced scholarship that endeavors to come to grips with what John was trying to say in his portrayal of Jesus. . . . A splendid example of theological analysis without postulating redactional layers and a significant addition to works on John.”
~ Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Volume Overview
The publisher notes, in this commentary on John—originally published in Dutch in 1987 and translated into English a decade later—Herman Ridderbos engages the host of twentieth-century interpretations while also developing his own integral understanding of John in which the Gospel emerges as a profoundly theological work.
Beginning with a theological introduction on “the peculiar character of the Fourth Gospel,” Ridderbos uses verse-by-verse exposition to unpack John’s distinctive apostolic character, offering expert literary and homiletical exegesis of the Fourth Gospel “as the Christian church adopted it.”
