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The Gospel and Letters of John all agree on the crucial need to recognize Jesus as God's Christ and Son in spite of the difficulty of his revelation and in spite of the various pressures and fears their readers face. Through such recognition, these writings argue that believers not only can come to know the God who is Love but also can show this Love through their imitation of Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by \u003cb\u003eTodd D. Still\u003c\/b\u003e, the Charles J. and Eleanor McLerran DeLancey Dean \u0026amp; William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, the \u003ci\u003eReading the New Testament, Second Series \u003c\/i\u003e presents cutting-edge biblical research in accessible language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlicia D. Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., Baylor University) is Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Campbell University Divinity School. A constant feature of her research is an interest in how Greco-Roman rhetoric and literature can aid our understanding of the New Testament, especially the Gospel of John. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCharacterizing Jesus: A Rhetorical Analysis on the Gospel's Use of Scripture in Its Presentation of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other recent book, \u003ci\u003eBlessed among Women: Mothers and Motherhood in the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, explores presentations of mothers and maternal metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eReading John and 1, 2, 3 John\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyers has produced a gem-a commentary worth reading in its entirety. Her narratives and dialogue with previous scholarship never leave the reader wondering about the significance of a particular topic or discussion or the logic of her choices. -\u003cb\u003eJo-Ann A. 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