Stan Harstine is professor of religion at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas.

• Chapter 1: Identifying Johannine Lenses in The PrologueChapter 2: Reading John with Two Thematic LensesChapter 3: Viewing John 5 Through Assorted Lenses Chapter 4: Viewing John 12 Through Assorted Lenses Chapter 5: Viewing John 17 Through Assorted LensesChapter 6: Closing Observations

This book will serve teachers and students well as it makes sense of the often-bewildering cacophony of methodologies and interpretations of John. Harstine establishes the prologue as the introductory prism for key themes and terms in the Gospel, then surveys historical, narratological, and rhetorical approaches to the prologue and chapters 5, 12, and 17, carrying the development of John’s major themes through these chapters. The payoff is a heightened appreciation for the complexity of the Gospel and the role of the approaches (lenses) one uses in reading it, yet what emerges is the unity of the Gospel’s authorial voice.