John 1–10

Mary L. Coloe, PBVM, is professor of New Testament at Yarra Theological Union, a college of the University of Divinity in Melbourne. Mary taught for over twenty years at Australian Catholic University and also at Boston College, the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and in Jerusalem. Mary has many academic publications on the Gospel of John, as well as books to help parents and teachers, such as A Friendly Guide to John, The Two Hands of God, and A Friendly Guide to the Birth of Jesus. Mary has also written an introduction to the Johannine literature for the new revised edition of the Jerome Biblical Commentary. Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).Mary Ann Beavis is professor emerita of religion and culture at St. Thomas More College (Saskatoon, Canada). She received MA degrees from the University of Manitoba and the University of Notre Dame; she holds a PhD from Cambridge University (UK). Her areas of interest and expertise include Christian origins, feminist biblical interpretation, Christianity and Goddess spirituality, and religion and popular culture. She is the author of several single-author and edited books as well as many peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews.

• ContentsList of Abbreviations ixList of Contributors xvForeword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom” xixElisabeth Schüssler FiorenzaEditor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xxiiiBarbara E. Reid, OPAuthor’s Preface xliiiAuthor’s Introduction xlvJohn 1:1-18 Sophia Finds Her Home 1John 1:19-51 The First Days: Sophia Gathers Disciples 35John 2:1-12 A Jewish Mother Takes the Initiative at Cana 53John 2:13-22 Sophia Claims Her Dwelling 65John 2:23–3:36 Nicodemus: The Labor of New Birth 83John 4:1-45 A Woman’s Witness in Samaria 109John 4:46-54 The Household of Faith 131The Feasts of the Jews 13John 5:1-47 Sophia Embodies the Law 141John 6:1-71 Sophia Nourishes Her Children 161John 7:1-52; 8:12-59 Sophia’s Homecoming: Tabernacles 1 193John 9:1–10:21 Sophia Ministers in the Tabernacle 235John 7:53–8:11 In Search of a Home 261John 10:22-42 Sophia’s Festival of Lights (Hanukkah) 269Works Cited 283

"One would have no hesitations about making it the 'basic commentary' in a course on John with suggestions for collateral reading from the major traditional resources. This feminist commentary is a major, original contribution to Johannine scholarship."Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, Santa Clara University