John K. Goodrich and Mark L. Strauss, eds. Following Jesus Christ: The New Testament Message of Discipleship for Today. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2019. 392 pages. $24.99 (paperback).
References to the Spirit in the second half of the Gospel increase dramatically in both number and prominence, in keeping with the Spirit’s pivotal role in the disciples’ mission subsequent to Jesus’s departure and return to the Father.
Anyone seeking to explore the role of the Spirit in John’s Gospel is initially struck by the way the Son-Father relationship between the Word-made-flesh and God the Father completely dominates the first half of John’s Gospel.
David G. Firth. Including the Stranger: Foreigners in the Former Prophets. New Studies in Biblical Theology 50. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019. 240 pages. $26.00 (paperback).
Ben Witherington, III. Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 495 pages. $34.99 (paperback).
Brian J. Tabb. All Things New: Revelation as Canonical Capstone. New Studies in Biblical Theology 48. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019. 280 Pages. $28.00 (paperback)