<p>The Gospel of John’s relationship to ancient Jews and Judaism continues to be one of the hottest topics today in the study of the New Testament. In this well-written and carefully argued book, Nathan Thiel acts as a trustworthy guide, skillfully leading the reader through the often mirky waters of Johannine interpretation toward a clearer picture of John’s <i>intra muros</i> vision of Jewish identity. This is a stimulating and insightful book, which no student of John’s Gospel will be able to ignore.</p>

- Wally V. Cirafesi, Lund University,

<p>Thiel contends that the gospel’s notoriously hostile depictions of Jews must be considered in view of its author’s design to depict Christianity as a kind of Jewish revival movement. Set within Israel’s venerable tradition of prophetic moral critique, the evangelist’s rhetoric is shown to alternate between expressions of sympathy and scorn suited to its literary medium. Eloquent and inventive, intellectually honest yet no less sensitive to the needs of contemporary readers troubled by its discomfiting subject matter, this is a welcome contribution to scholarship on one of the gospel’s most challenging interpretive dilemmas.</p>

- Joshua Ezra Burns, Marquette University,