Technical (Own it: scholars) Raymond Brown (AB). This massive commentary is widely considered a modern classic for the study of the Johannine Epistles. Brown committed his career to the study of Johannine literature. His work on the Epistles is part of a wider theory about a “Johannine community.” This Anchor volume is recognizably historical-critical in approach, but Brown is also attentive to theological dimensions of the text as well. (Own it: pastors) Karen Jobes (ZECNT). Jobes