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Love in the Gospel of John: An Exegetical, Theological, and Literary Study is unavailable, but you can change that!

The command to love is central to the Gospel of John. This capstone work on John’s Gospel uses a narrative approach to delve deeply into the theme at the heart of the Fourth Gospel and the life of the Christian church. Uniting rigorous exegesis with theological and pastoral insight, Love in the Gospel of John makes a substantive contribution to contemporary Johannine scholarship. Internationally...

love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.… You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:30–31 NRSV; see Matt. 22:37–40; Luke 10:26–27). Jesus may not have been the first to ask for love of one’s enemies, although a majority would suggest that it was part of his uniqueness. Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the Gospel of John knows it contains love commands (John
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