Need some books that look at the "I am" statements

[Pastor_Dave]

I'm writing a paper and I need to get my hands on a few resources. Does anyone know of any books or commentaries that take a pretty thorough look at Jesus' "I am" statements in the Gospel of John?

Thanks so much for your help.

 

[filosofer]

I'm writing a paper and I need to get my hands on a few resources. Does anyone know of any books or commentaries that take a pretty thorough look at Jesus' "I am" statements in the Gospel of John?

Thanks so much for your help.

Leon Morris has written a commentary on the Gospel that is very good (so also FF Bruce), but even better is Morris' Studies in John in which he spends time on the I AM statements, but within the structure of John's Gospel, which is vitally important.

If you want tonight I can give you specific pages and other references.

 

[Pastor_Dave]

Leon Morris has written a commentary on the Gospel that is very good (so also FF Bruce), but even better is Morris' Studies in John in which he spends time on the I AM statements, but within the structure of John's Gospel, which is vitally important.

If you want tonight I can give you specific pages and other references.

Hi filo,

I have Morris' New International Commentary and also FF Bruce's commentary. But I will certainly look into Morris' other book. Thanks.

Any additional resources you can give me would be greatly appreciated. My paper requires a bibliography with 10 entries. Thanks.

Dave

PS I could only find a book titled, "Reflections on the Gospel of John" and christianbook.com. Is this the same book with a new title? It's a 760 page hardback.

 

[filosofer]

No, the actual title is: Jesus is the Christ: Studies in the Theology of John, published by Eerdmans, 1989, chapter 6 is titled: "The 'I AM' Sayings", pp. 107-125. He has several good references in the footnotes, too.

Also, check out

Essays on John by C. K. Barrett.

Jesus According to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels, Darrell Bock, Baker.

John 1-12 Raymond Brown, Anchor Bible Commentary.

 

[filosofer]

It might be helpful to examine several of the theological/doctrinal approaches (Berkhof, Pieper, Barth, etc.) to see their perspectives, and you might catch more references.

 

[filosofer]

Here are two more books:

The "I AM" of the Fourth Gospel, P. B. Harner, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1970.

Johannine Christology and the Early Church, T. E. Pollard, SNTSMS, Cambridge University Press, 1970.

 

[Serapha]

I'm writing a paper and I need to get my hands on a few resources. Does anyone know of any books or commentaries that take a pretty thorough look at Jesus' "I am" statements in the Gospel of John?

Thanks so much for your help.

Hi There!




There's a lot of information available on the internet concerning the "I AM THAT I AM" statement...and from different sources.

I have probably 25 articles from various writers if you are interested...

The best "I AM THAT I AM" statement is the purpose of the KJV translation committee decision to use "I AM THAT I AM" over the text of "I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE"... the basis was from a Jewish Targum.


~serapha~

 

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I Am .... I exist , have no beginning or ending ... I am

or I Am that I Am .... I Am , fill in the blank , that I become ...
thirsty - your drink
hungry - your food
tired - your rest ...

elohiem ... God , plural

 

[Jesusong]

This isn't a book but James White has an article on this titled:

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Located at http://aomin.org/EGO.html

He also devotes a chapter on this in his book "The Forgotton Trinity" Bethany House Publishers.


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