Inter-Varsity Press

From the early days of biblical criticism, the Gospel of John has been the subject of intense debate. For many scholars, harmonising John with the Synoptic gospels has proved to be impossible, and this had lead to deeper questions about John's trustworthiness as an historical source for the life of Jesus. Craig Blomberg's timely contribution is prompted by the conviction that some recent scholarship is unnecessarily sceptical of the reliability of John, and based on faulty presuppositions and historical methodology. Furthermore, it disregards the majority of mainstream biblical scholarship, which is more centrist, and in fact a strong case can be made, on historical grounds alone, for an even more conservative position.

Carefully researched and clearly written, Professor Blomberg's comprehensive, verse-by-verse analysis engages with the debates and offers fresh, convincing solutions.