Commentary on the Gospel of John: Chapters 1–5. By St. ThomasAquinas. Pp. xxxiv. 313, Washington, DC, Catholic University of America Press, $29.92.

Abstract

An impressive range of scholars offer 8 introductory essays on matters canon-related. This book serves as an admirably clear and well-rounded entrée to the much debated areas of canon-related study in recent years. It operates as something of a beginner's guide to key issues and perspectives, occasionally striking This is a path-breaking book that recasts totally the traditional dichotomy between (timeless) divine rev-elation and (historical, contingent, fallible) human reception and expression of the former within scrip-