Blomberg, Craig L. The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues and Commentary. Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.

A helpful survey of historicity issues from a fairly conservative perspective. Uses a commentary approach to survey these issues as they appear in the text.

*Brown, Raymond E.  The Gospel According to John.  Second edition.  2 volumes.  The Anchor Bible, volumes 29a and 29b (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981).

Unparalled among commentaries in its detail, everything you ever wanted to know about the Gospel of John, and much, much, more!

The book that opened my eyes to the value of a literary approach to the Gospel of John.

*Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of John: A Commentary. 2 volumes. Peabody, MA: Hendricksen Publishers, 2003.

Finally, a worthy replacement to the monumental work of Raymond Brown! Although some may find his conclusions too traditional, Keener cannot be faulted for his thoroughness in canvassing the issues and brining the literature up to date. An outstanding first stop for advanced students of the Fourth Gospel..

Kysar, Robert. "John, The Gospel of," The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 3: 922-930.

 A helpful short summary.

Minear, Paul S.  "The Audience of the Fourth Evangelist."  In Interpreting the Gospels, edited by James Luther Mays (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981).

The best work I am aware of on the issue of John's concern for the second generation of Christians.

Paulien, Jon. John: Jesus Gives Life to a New Generation, Abundant Life Bible Amplifier (Nampa, ID: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1995).

I don't know why, but I rather like this short commentary!  :)

I find this work to be comprehensive, but also brilliant, a must read.

Talbert, Charles, Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles (New York: Crossroad, 1992).

A deeply insightful, short commentary on the exegetical, structural and theological themes in the Gospel.

Beasley-Murray, George R.  Gospel of Life: Theology in the Fourth Gospel (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1991).
 

Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament (NY: Scribner's, 1955), Part III: 3-92.
 

*Dodd, C. H. The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953).
 

*Ladd, George Eldon. A Theology of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1974), 213-308.
 

Morris, Leon. New Testament Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1986), 223-297.
 

Petersen, Norman R. The Gospel of John and the Sociology of Light (Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1993).
 

*Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Gospel According to John, 4 volumes (NY: Crossroad, 1982).

The excurses in this commentary provide, in my opinion, the best overall treatment of the central theological themes of the Gospel.

Adamo, David T. "Sin in John's Gospel." Evangelical Review of Theology 13 (July, 1989): 216-227.

Deals with the question of sin and bondage, with Satan as its originator.  Interacting with many modern scholars, particularly Bultmann, the author attempts to bring out the concept as one of the main subjects of the Gospel of John.

Barclay, M.N. and Nida, E.A., A Translators' Handbook on the Gospel of John (New York, NY: United Bible Societies, 1980). BS 511 .H4 V21.

A commentary and a handbook prepared by UBS to help translators of the Bible. It concentrates on exegetical matters that are of prime importance for translators, and it attempts to indicate possible solutions for translational and linguistic problems that may occur.

Bassler, Jouette M. "Mixed Signals: Nicodemus in the Fourth Gospel." Journal of Biblical Literature 108 (Winter, 1989): 635-646.

Discusses Johannine passages concerning Nicodemus: i.e., an unsatisfying encounter (John 3:1-21); a tentative defense (John 7:45-52); an ambiguous burial (John 19:38-42).

Beasley-Murray, George R.  John. Word Biblical Commentary. Volume 36 (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1987).

Of particular interest here is the bibliographies listed on a passage by passage basis.  Unfortunately, these bibliographies do not reflect the literature after 1980.

Brodie, Thomas. The Quest for the Origin of Johns's Gospel: A Source-oriented Approach. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992). BS 2615.2 .B76 1992

Deals with the origin of the Fourth Gospel through a source-oriented approach.

Carson, Donald A. "John and the Johannine Epistles." In It Is Written, edited by D. Carson and H. Williamson, ???????????????????? 245-264. 1988.

Discusses the use of Old Testament in the Johannine Gospel and Epistles. Concludes that particular use of OT is found in John's Gospel, because of the interplay between its use of the OT and its handling of the theme of misunderstanding.

Carson, Donald A. "The Purpose of the Fourth Gospel: John 20:31 Reconsidered." Journal of Biblical Literature 106 (4, 1987): 639-651.

Argues that the crucial clause in Jn 20:31 should be rendered "that you may believe that the Christ, the Son of God, is Jesus."  This translation suggests that the Evangelist conceived of his purpose less as answering the question who is Jesus? than as answering the question who is the Messiah? Who is the Son fo God? If true it would suggest that the purpose of the Fourth Gospel was primarily evangelistic.

Carson, Donald A. "Understanding misunderstandings in the Fourth Gospel." Tyndale Bulletin 33 (1982): 59-91.

Examines and classifies the many different kinds of "misunderstandings" in John. After scrutinizing and criticizing the principal discussions of this matter the author focuses on cases in which misunderstanding or failed understanding is removed by Jesus' death/exaltation. The article concludes that such cases cannot reflect misunderstandings of the evangelist's period, since for him the cross and resurrection are history.

Collins, A.Y. "Crisis and Community in the Gospel of John." Currents in Theology and Mission, August 7, 1980.

Analyzes the social setting and function of the Gospel of John. The social crisis which formed the gospel's perspective was conflict with the synagogue. The local gentile population heightened this crisis. The gospel responds to the crisis by expressing a vision of community life which could compensate for the isolation from other social groups (inward dimension) and by providing a view of reality which reinforces the integrity of this community over against a hostile world (outward dimension).

Culpepper, R. Alan. "The Gospel of John and the Jews." Review and Expositor 84 (Spring, 1987): 273-288.

Addresses five issues in the Fourth Gospel: the references of hoi Ioudaioi, the function of hoi Ioudaioi, how the Gospel functioned in its historical context, whether the Gospel is anti-Semitic, and the task of interpretation and dialogue. The Fourth Gospel developed an anti-Jewish polemic motivated by theological concerns.

Doh, Hyunsok.  "The Johannine Paroimia" (Ph.D. dissertation, Andrews University, 1992).

Doh examines the concept of paroimia in the Gospel of John.  In John Jesus never speaks in parables, instead He speaks in "riddles."

Denaux, Adelbert, ed. John and the Synoptics. (Leuven: University Press, 1992). BS 2615.2 .J56

A collection of 38 papers presented at the 1990 session of the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense. The international scholarly community in the field of Johannine studies is well represented and offers valuable insights from latest research on tradition-historical, literary-critical and exegetical issues in the area of the general theme. Also included is an overview by F. Neirynck of research from 1975-1990, which makes this volume all the more valuable for serious study in this field.

Evans, Craig A. "On the Quotation Formulas in the Fourth Gospel." Biblische Zeitschrift 26 (1982): 79-83.

Proposes that the most interesting feature to observe among the OT quotation formulas in the Fourth Gospel is the regularity of the "in order that it might be fulfilled" formula from John 12:38 onward through the passion narrative. Whereas the signs in the first part of the Gospel were meant to prove that Jesus was the Messiah, the OT testimonia in the second part were meant to prove that the disgrace of the crucifixion was Jesus' very purpose and, indeed, his hour of glorification.

Fee, G.D. "On the Text and Meaning of Jn 20, 30-31." The Four Gospels. Festschrift for Frans Neirynck, vol III (Leuven: University Press, 1992). pp. 2193-2205. BS 2555.2 .F58

The purpose of this article is (1) to suggest that the textual question of 20:31 can be resolved with a much greater degree of certainty than is often allowed, and (2) to propose grounds for believing hat the original text is grammatically meaningful to John. By investigating the textual evidence for 19:35 and 20:31, the author submits the present subjunctive as the original text in both cases. Arguing from the "meaningfulness" of this particular form, the usage of this tense "seems altogether likely".

Hengel, M. "The Old Testament in the Fourth Gospel," Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue, 12 (June, ????): 19-41. BS 543.A1 H67.

Highlights some theological reflections on the way the OT has been used in the Gospel of John.

Koester, Craig. "Hearing, Seeing, and Believing in the Gospel of John." Biblica 70 (3, 1989): 327-348.

Examines John 1:19-51; 2:; 3:1-4:42; 4:46-5:16; 6:1-21; 7:-12:; 20:1-31 and concludes that for John, genuine faith is engendered through hearing rather than seeing. 'Sign faith' cannot be understood as a first step toward genuine faith, for the characters who manifest signs faith consistently fail to move beyond it.

Leon-Dufour, Xavier. "Towards a symbolic reading of the Fourth Gospel" in New Testament Studies: An International Journal 27 (July, 1981) 439-465.

Suggests that John's Gospel should be read literally and symbolically for fullest meaning. Explores two examples (the "sign" of Christ's Body/Temple to Nicodemus and "Bread of Life" statements).  The author acknowledges "the analogical relationship between two realities in the framework of a specific cultural world", both Christian and Jewish.

O'Day, Gail R. Revelation in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Mode and Theological Claim. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986). S 2615.2 .O28 1986

With the aid of literary-critical methodology, addresses the question of revelation and the Bible as revelatory literature. Suggests that "the substance of revelation cannot be identified without careful attention to the literary mode of articulation."  Shows how John's use of irony provides him with an appropriate vehicle for his theology of revelation.

Smith, D.M. "John and the Synoptics: Some dimensions of the Problems." New Testament Studies, 26 (July, 1980): 425-444.

Deals with the question regarding the relationship of the Gospel of John to the Synoptic Gospels. Shows the extent of the problem in NT scholarship but it does not offer solutions.

Smith, D.M. "Johannine Studies" in The New Testament and its Modern Interpreters; edited by E. Epp and G. MacRae (????????????????1989): 271-296.
 

Thompson, Marianne Meye. The Humanity of Jesus in the Gospel of John. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. BT 218 .T5 1987
 

Von Wahlde Urban C. "The Johannine 'Jews': A Critical Survey." New Testament Studies: An International Journal 28 (January 1982): 33-60.

Surveys all articles on the Jews in the Gospel of John that attempt to determine whether the word is meant to refer to a group composed only of religious authorities or one which includes the common people. The results indicate that there is much agreement about which passages refer to authorities only, but that there is almost no agreement about which are meant to refer to the common people. Reviews all the instances of "Jews" in the Gospel afresh and divides them into a "neutral" and a "hostile" use and a third category where the evidence is ambiguous.