Raymond Brown, 'The Jews,' and the Gospel of John

Until the mid-1960s, most commentators of the Gospel of John were aware of a polemic against ''the Jews,'' yet they did not consider it with reference to contemporary ethical discussion. A shift in focus in Johannine scholarship is noticeable from the mid-1960s and 1970s to the present, where commentators began to connect the Gospel''s polemic against ''the Jews'' with potential anti-Judaism in th...