From Behind the Veil: The Epistle of John Through New Eyes

About the Title

John wrote his three epistles in the heat of a crisis, but we know little about their historical context from the letters themselves.

Join Peter Leithart in the new installment from Through New Eyes as he reconstructs the setting of these three universal epistles, explains their continuity with John’s gospel, and illustrates their application in a time of great commotion—the run-up to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

In this verse-by-verse commentary, Dr. Leithart expounds John's inspired instructions to Christians living at the end of an age, to whom God drew near and revealed himself in Jesus Christ.

Topics include Christians’ relationship with the world, and what John—and the Bible as a whole—means by the “word of life,” “walking in light,” the “antichrist,” and “God is love.”

Pick up a copy today and prepare to read the Epistles of John Through New Eyes.


About the series:

Bible-reading is more of an art than a science. The Bible is a story, not a lexicon of systematic theological definitions. With this in mind, The Through New Eyes Bible Commentary Series builds on the foundational Biblical-theology work of James B. Jordan and other like-minded scholars in bringing you a set of commentaries that will help you read, teach and preach through the Bible while picking up on the rich symphonic themes and the literary symbolism of the Scriptures. Because they are written for thoughtful Christians without being overly academic, these commentaries will serve as valuable resources for family worship, Sunday school or Bible studies.

Paperback, 200 pages

About the Author: Peter J. Leithart is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America and currently serves as Senior Fellow of Theology and Literature at New Saint Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho, and pastor of Trinity Reformed Church. He has written a number of books, most recently Deep Exegesis (Baylor University Press, 2009). He and his wife Noel have ten children and two grandsons.