The Gospel According to St. John: An Introduction With Commentary and Notes on the Greek Text

Rating:
Summary: Good job, but no masterpiece
Review: Barrett does a decent job on the greek text, yet I don't get the feeling of intellectual depth or challenging perspective on different sections. John 3:1-12, 1:1-10 didn't give me much insight or cause me to ponder. John 17 just didn't have it for me.

I stress for me, 'cos it appears many people have enjoyed this book. My advice is that you check it out before buying, I certainly won't call this a masterpiece.

Rating:
Summary: Well Done
Review: This commentary by C.K. Barrett is much more thorough than any of the other commentaries I have read by him. It does not appear to be in a series being confined by the thoughts of the editors. The first 146 pages are devoted to background information. He seems to do the best job of any writer I have read on John. In John 1:1 he addresses the word "logos" better than any writer I have read. The book is 638 pages. In those pages Barrett gets to the point without a lot of fluff.

Rating:
Summary: Well Done
Review: This commentary by C.K. Barrett is much more thorough than any of the other commentaries I have read by him. It does not appear to be in a series being confined by the thoughts of the editors. The first 146 pages are devoted to background information. He seems to do the best job of any writer I have read on John. In John 1:1 he addresses the word "logos" better than any writer I have read. The book is 638 pages. In those pages Barrett gets to the point without a lot of fluff.