In this collection of essays and sermons on the Gospel of John and Revelation, friends, colleagues, and former students of Gail R. O'Day explore and extend the possibilities raised by her work in her groundbreaking study Revelation in the Fourth Gospel. The essays engage with both historical contextualization and literary analysis to identify the rhetorical features that ancient readers might have apprehended, while the sermons explore how the literary shape of the text can inform preaching through attention to the narrative modes of the text. Contributions from Yoshimi Azuma, Teresa Fry Brown, Patrick Gray, Lynn R. Huber, Susan E. Hylen, Karoline M. Lewis, Thomas G. Long, Veronice Miles, Vernon K. Robbins, Gilberto A. Ruiz, Ted A. Smith, and William M. Wright IV thematize the importance of narrative approaches and the diverse ways they can be employed.

• Abbreviations vii
• Introduction: The Role of History in Narrative 1 (18)
• Studies
• Susan E. Hylen
• Part 1
• Unfolding Story and Theology in the Raising 19 (20)
• of Lazarus in John 11-12
• Vernon K. Robbins
• Why Is Pilate So Afraid in John 19:8? 39 (26)
• Pilate's Fear and the Dynamics of Power in
• John 18:28-19:16
• Gilberto A. Ruiz
• The Resurrection Message and the Literary 65 (18)
• Shape of John 20-21
• Yoshimi Azuma
• A Note on Ambiguity in the Book of 83 (12)
• Revelation
• Patrick Gray
• Revealing Christ in Revelation 95 (16)
• Lynn R. Huber
• Part 2
• Nicodemus, Misunderstanding, and the 111(18)
• Pedagogy of the Incarnation in Chrysostom's
• Homilies on John
• William M. Wright
• A Gospel Homiletic 129(12)
• Karoline M. Lewis
• Learning How to Tell Time 141(6)
• Thomas G. Long
• Stop Waiting, It's Time for an Attitude 147(16)
• Adjustment
• Teresa Fry Brown
• Disciple, Will You Let Me Wash Your Feet? 163(6)
• Veronice Miles
• The Time of Revelation 169(6)
• Ted A. Smith
• Bibliography 175(12)
• Contributors 187(2)
• Scripture Index 189(5)
• Modern Authors Index 194(2)
• Subject Index 196