John: An Introduction and Study Guide

Francisco Lozada is the Charles Fischer Catholic Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Latino/a Church Studies at Brite Divinity School, USA.

• PrefaceChapter One: John’s Historical BackgroundChapter Two: John’s Literary Background—PlotChapter Three: John’s Characterization—“The Jews,” Women, and the WorldChapter Four: John 1:1-18: A World Split ApartChapter Five: “The Jews”Conclusion John, the “Maverick” Gospel—RevisitedBibliographyIndex

This book is a lucid vade mecum to John’s Gospel with a difference. While offering succinct treatments of the main critical issues, it is profoundly committed to uncovering how Johannine interpretation is ideologically shaped by contemporary issues, especially power and identity. The methodological self-consciousness Francisco Lozada deploys both opens up John’s Gospel in unexpected ways and also allows it to speak to our own times with renewed power. Particularly engaging is his amplification of voices from the borderlands—of those caught in the dynamics of exclusion and inclusion. To acquaint, or reacquaint, yourself with John, you should read this book.