Abstract
This volume contains 22 collected essays written by Professor Maarten J. J. Menken, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, Netherlands. The date of the essays ranges widely, from 1980 to 2014. These essays are divided into two categories, the first 12 on selected themes on John’s Gospel and Epistles and the next ten on the exegesis of individual passages. The selected themes include discussions on the translation of ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεννᾶσθαι (ch. 1), studies on Johannine Christology and ecclesiology (chs. 2–3), the authority claim of the Fourth Evangelist (ch. 4), as well as different uses of the Old Testament and Jewish traditions in John (chs. 5–12). For the individual passages, they include exegesis on John 1:29 (ch. 13); 5:37–47 (ch. 14); 6:30–1 (ch. 15); 6:51c–58 (ch. 16); 8:12–20 (ch. 17); 9:13–34 (ch. 18); 10:34, 12:38, 19:24 (ch. 19); 1 John 3:12 (ch. 20); 1 John 5:2 (ch. 21); and 1 John 5:6–12 (ch. 22).
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