John 11-21

Mary L. Coloe, PBVM, is professor of New Testament at Yarra Theological Union, a college of the University of Divinity in Melbourne. Mary taught for over twenty years at Australian Catholic University and also at Boston College, the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and in Jerusalem. Mary has many academic publications on the Gospel of John, as well as books to help parents and teachers, such as A Friendly Guide to John, The Two Hands of God, and A Friendly Guide to the Birth of Jesus. Mary has also written an introduction to the Johannine literature for the new revised edition of the Jerome Biblical Commentary. Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).Mary Ann Beavis is professor emerita of religion and culture at St. Thomas More College (Saskatoon, Canada). She received MA degrees from the University of Manitoba and the University of Notre Dame; she holds a PhD from Cambridge University (UK). Her areas of interest and expertise include Christian origins, feminist biblical interpretation, Christianity and Goddess spirituality, and religion and popular culture. She is the author of several single-author and edited books as well as many peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews.

"From the raising of Lazarus to the resurrection of Jesus and beyond, Coloe puts the gospel narrative into a lively and life-giving conversation with the Sophia (wisdom) tradition that gives the series its name."Christian Century

• ContentsList of Abbreviations    ixAuthor’s Introduction    xiiiJohn 11:1-54  Sophia Is Justified by Her Works: The Raising of Lazarus    313John 11:55–12:50  Sophia’s Testing Begins    333John 13–17  Sophia’s Banquet: Overview    353John 13:1-38  Sophia’s Gifts    359John 14:1-31  Sophia’s Household    381John 15:1-17  Sophia’s Friends    401John 15:18–16:4a  Sophia’s Friends to Be Tested by the Synagogue    431John 16:4b-33  Sophia’s Friends to Be Tested by the World    443John 17:1-26  Sophia’s Prayer for Her Friends    457John 18:1–19:42  Sophia’s Hour Arrives    473John 20:1-31  Sophia’s Radiance    507John 21:1-25  Sophia Has Built Her House— The Gospel Continues    537 Afterword    551Works Cited 553Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings    571Index of Modern Authors and Subjects    585