Theological Studies back issues from March 2002:
From the editor's desk.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... Theological Studies has long enjoyed a distinguished reputation for its coverage of contemporary moral theology. Our annual March feature, "Notes on Moral Theology," has helped keep theologians informed of ethical reflection on a wide variety of topics. In this present issue we include a ...
The structure of a systematic ecclesiology.(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... ECCLESIOLOGY COMES IN various shapes and sizes. Compared with other theological topics it seems less clear what ecclesiology, and especially a systematic ecclesiology, seeks to achieve. Ecclesiological works will focus on a number of areas--biblical, patristic, or Vatican II--usually with ...
The children of God: natural slavery in the thought of Aquinas and Vitoria.(Dominican theologian Francisco de Vitoria)(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... DID THE DOMINICAN theologian Francisco de Vitoria (1486?-1546) betray the best impulses of Thomas Aquinas and countenance slavery in a way that Aquinas would not have? Beginning with Michel Villey, a common allegation is leveled against the development of Thomistic political thought ....
Newman and the interpretation of inspired Scripture.(John Henry, Cardinal Newman)(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE PLACE OF JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1801-90) in the history of Christianity stands tall not only for his writings and leadership as a member of the Oxford Movement within the Anglican Church during the 1830s, but for the public character of his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in 1845 ...
Dorothy Day's transposition of Therese's "little way".(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE CATHOLIC WORKER'S manner of living justly in contemporary American society was specified by Dorothy Day as a "little way." The expression was not original to Day. She first found it in the autobiographical writings of Therese of Lisieux, the late-19th-century mystic known as the ...
Cornel West's challenge to the Catholic evasion of Black theology.(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... CATHOLIC THEOLOGIANS in the 21st century continue to join other theologians and scholars of religion in the ongoing task of addressing the sociopolitical dimensions of Christian faith. (1) God has been proclaimed a practical idea to be interpreted and enacted contextually; there is ...
Authority in the church. (Notes On Moral Theology).(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE TWO TYPES OF AUTHORITY that concern us here (authority to govern and ability to teach) are, of course, distinct and can be discussed separately. In the Roman Catholic Church, however, we find that they are often intermingled, and sometimes even confused with each other. Over the ...
Moral theology in Latin America. (Notes On Moral Theology).(Abstract)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THREE TENDENCIES have been evident in Latin American theology, especially Catholic theology, since Vatican II: traditionalist theology with persistent appeals to ecclesiastical documents; progressive postconciliar theology; and liberation theology. This pluralism reflects different ...
Das Namensmissbrauch-Verbot (Exodus 20,7/Dtn 5,11): Bedeutung, Entstehung, und fruhe Wirkungsgeschichte. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... DAS NAMENSMISSBRAUCH-VERBOT (EXODUS 20,7/DTN 5,11): BEDEUTUNG, ENTSTEHUNG, UND FRUHE WIRKUNGSGESCHICHTE. By Thomas R. Elssner. Erfurter Theologische Studien, vol. 75. Leipzig: St. Benno, 1999. Pp. xxvi + 293. DM 48. Elssner aims to show that what the third (Catholic, second) ...
Invitation to the Septuagint. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... INVITATION TO THE SEPTUAGINT. Karen H. Jobes and Moises Silva. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2000. Pp. 351. $29.99. The collection of Greek translations that we call the Septuagint (or LXX) was the Bible of the early Church, so highly venerated that its errors as well as other ...
The First Epistle to the Corinthians. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. By Anthony C. Thiselton. The New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Pp. xxxiii + 1446. $75. Thiselton's contribution to 1 Corinthians research is a welcome addition to the NIGTC series. The heft of the ...
Studies in Ephesians: Introductory Questions, Text- & Edition-Critical Issues, Interpretation of Texts and Themes. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... STUDIES IN EPHESIANS: INTRODUCTORY QUESTIONS, TEXT- & EDITION-CRITICAL ISSUES, INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS AND THEMES. By Nils Alstrup Dahl. Edited by David Hellholm, Vemund Blomkvist, and Tord Fornberg. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, vol. 131. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, ...
Medieval Exegesis: the Four Senses of Scripture. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... MEDIEVAL EXEGESIS: THE FOUR SENSES OF SCRIPTURE, Vol. 2. By Henri de Lubac, S.J. Translated from the French by E. M. Macierowski. Ressourcement: Retrieval and Renewal in Catholic Thought. David L. Schindler, series editor. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Pp. xiii + 439. $45. The ...
Romanization in the Time of Augustus. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... ROMANIZATION IN THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS. By Ramsay MacMullen. New Haven: Yale University, 2000. Pp. xi + 222. $25. Ramsay MacMullen's previous contributions to the field of Roman social history require little introduction. In his current book M. tackles the processes by which the ...
The Early Christian World. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE EARLY CHRISTIAN WORLD. Edited by Philip F. Esler. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000. Pp. xxvi + 1342. $200. N. T. Wright recently suggested that New Testament scholars ought to spend an hour each day reading the Fathers, and patrologists an hour each day reading the Greek ...
Augustine: Political Writings. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... AUGUSTINE: POLITICAL WRITINGS. Edited by E. M. Atkins and R. J. Dodaro. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2001. Pp. li + 299. $69.95; $24.95. When one thinks of Augustine's political writings, his great work, The City of God, ...
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Religion, War, Famine, and Death in Reformation Europe. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE: RELIGION, WAR, FAMINE, AND DEATH IN REFORMATION EUROPE. By Andrew Cunningham and Ole Peter Grell. New York: Cambridge University, 2000. Pp. xiii + 360. $64.95; $22.95. The wide-ranging history presented in this volume will appeal to the ...
Mission to America: A History of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the First Benedictine Monastery in the United States. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... MISSION TO AMERICA: A HISTORY OF SAINT VINCENT ARCHABBEY, THE FIRST BENEDICTINE MONASTERY IN THE UNITED STATES. By Jerome Oetgen. Washington: Catholic University of America, 2000. Pp. xi + 607. $39.95. In the preface to this lengthy and admiring new history of Saint Vincent ...
Journal d'un theologien. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... JOURNAL D'UN THEOLOGIEN (1946-56). By Yves Congar. Presented and annotated by Etienne Fouilloux. Paris: Cerf, 2000. Pp. 462. Fr. 240. This collection of Congar's personal notes concerns events that touched his life from 1946 through 1956. Some entries may seem trivial, but ...
The Problem of God in Modern Thought. (Book Reviews).
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE PROBLEM OF GOD IN MODERN THOUGHT. By Philip Clayton. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Pp. xv + 516. $40. For Descartes and Leibniz the concepts of infinity and perfection were of central importance. But Philip Clayton wants to ask--along with the German Idealists--whether these ...
Der Gottbezogene Mensch: Eine systematische Untersuchung zur Bestimmung des Menschen und zur "Selbstverwirklichung" Gottes in der Anthropologie und Trinitatstheologie Wolfhart Pannenbergs.
Mar 01, 2002; ... DER GOTTBEZOGENE MENSCH: EINE SYSTEMATISCHE UNTERSUCHUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES MENSCHEN UND ZUR "SELBSTVERWIRKLICHUNG" GOTTES IN DER ANTHROPOLOGIE UND TRINITATSTHEOLOGIE WOLFHART PANNENBERGS. By Franz-Josef Overbeck. Munster: Aschendorff, 2000. Pp. 457. DM 112. This lengthy work is ...
The Trinitarian Foundation of Human Sexuality as Revealed by Christ according to Hans Urs von Balthasar: The Revelatory Significance of the Male Christ and the Male Ministerial Priesthood.
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE TRINITARIAN FOUNDATION OF HUMAN SEXUALITY AS REVEALED BY CHRIST ACCORDING TO HANS URS VON BALTHASAR: THE REVELATORY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MALE CHRIST AND THE MALE MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD. By Robert A. Pesarchick. Tesi Gregoriana Serie Teologia, vol. 63. Rome: Gregorian University, 2000 ....
L'Antropologia cristiana tra modernita e postmodernita.
Mar 01, 2002; ... L'ANTROPOLOGIA CRISTIANA TRA MODERNITA E POSTMODERNITA. By Ignazio Sanna. Brescia: Queriniana, 2001. Pp. 527. EUR 33.57. Professor of theological anthropology at the Lateran University in Rome, Ignazio Sanna has written widely on Rahner's thought as well as on topics related to ...
The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue.
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN AN AGE OF GLOBAL DIALOGUE. By Leonard J. Swidler and Paul Mojzes. Philadelphia: Temple University, 2000. Pp. 229. $59.50; $19.95. In keeping with their long-standing commitment to ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and in continuity with several ...
Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ: At the Source of the Ecclesiology of Communion.
Mar 01, 2002; ... FLESH OF THE CHURCH, FLESH OF CHRIST: AT THE SOURCE OF THE ECCLESIOLOGY OF COMMUNION. By J.-M.-R. Tillard, O.P. Translated from the French by Madeleine Beaumont. Collegeville: Liturgical, 2001. Pp. xii + 154. $24.95. This book is a fitting last testament of a great ecumenist ...
Democracy on Purpose: Justice and the Reality of God.
Mar 01, 2002; ... DEMOCRACY ON PURPOSE: JUSTICE AND THE REALITY OF GOD. By Franklin I. Gamwell. Washington: Georgetown University, 2000. Pp. x + 366. $65. In this daring (some might add, formidable) text, Gamwell continues to unfold the implications of his long-term scholarly project that stands ...
The Public Forum and Christian Ethics.
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE PUBLIC FORUM AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS. By Robert Gascoigne. New Studies in Christian Ethics, vol. 19. New York: Cambridge University, 2001. Pp. xiv + 248. $59.95. In this engaging and erudite study, Gascoigne probes the nature of Christian ethical communication in the public ...
Faithfulness and Fortitude: in Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas.
Mar 01, 2002; ... FAITHFULNESS AND FORTITUDE: IN CONVERSATION WITH THE THEOLOGICAL ETHICS OF STANLEY HAUERWAS. Edited by Mark Thiessen Nation and Samuel Wells. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2000. Pp. vi + 335. $29.95. Stanley Hauerwas in/famously tells his students not to think for themselves but ...
Landscapes of the Soul: the Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life.
Mar 01, 2002; ... LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUL: THE LOSS OF MORAL MEANING IN AMERICAN LIFE. By Douglas V. Porpora. New York: Oxford University, 2001. Pp. x + 353. $27.50. Continuing the conversation begun by Robert Bellah et al. in Habits of the Heart (1985), Porpora, a sociologist, examines the ...
The Future of the Disabled in Liberal Society: an Ethical Analysis.
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE FUTURE OF THE DISABLED IN LIBERAL SOCIETY: AN ETHICAL ANALYSIS. By Hans S. Reinders. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2000. Pp. xii + 280. $35; $17. Since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 a wide range of civil rights previously denied to ...
The Advent Project: the Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper.
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE ADVENT PROJECT: THE LATER-SEVENTH-CENTURY CREATION OF THE ROMAN MASS PROPER. By James McKinnon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Pp. xiv + 466. $50. This posthumous work is destined to become monumental in musicological-liturgical studies. Since his 1966 ...
God, Death, and Time.
Mar 01, 2002; ... GOD, DEATH, AND TIME. By Emmanuel Levinas. Translated from the French by Bettina Bergo. Meridian Crossing Aesthetics. Stanford: Stanford University, 2000. Pp. xii + 296. $49.50; $18.95. This collection of two lectures by Levinas delivered at the Sorbonne during the academic year ...
The Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas: From Finite Being to Uncreated Being.
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE METAPHYSICAL THOUGHT OF THOMAS AQUINAS: FROM FINITE BEING TO UNCREATED BEING. By John F. Wippel. Washington: Catholic University of America, 2000. Pp. xxvii + 630. $39.95. Wippel examines the major themes of metaphysics: being and non-being, matter and form, potency and act, ...
Krieg und Frieden in der Hebraischen Bibel und im Alten Orient: Aspekte fur eine Friedensordnung in der Moderne. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... KRIEG UND FRIEDEN IN DER HEBRAISCHEN BIBEL UND IM ALTEN ORIENT: ASPEKTE FUR EINE FRIEDENSORDNUNG IN DER MODERNE. By Eckart Otto. Theologie und Frieden, vol. 18. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1999. Pp. 188. DM 48.90. Otto argues that world peace is largely a biblical idea (7) but ...
History and Ideology in the Old Testament: Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY 1N THE OLD TESTAMENT: BIBLICAL STUDIES AT THE END OF A MILLENNIUM. By James Bart. The Hensley Henson Lectures for 1997, Oxford University. New York: Oxford University, 2000. Pp. viii + 198. $39.95. In this 1999 revision of the Henson Lectures, Barr expresses ...
The Pharisees and Sadducees: an Examination of Internal Jewish History. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES: AN EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL JEWISH HISTORY. By Julius Wellhausen. Translated from the German by Mark E. Biddle. Mercer Library of Biblical Studies, vol. 4. Macon: Mercer University, 2001. Pp. viii + 115. $30. This translation of Wellhausen's 1874 ...
Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... BEFRIENDING THE BELOVED DISCIPLE: A JEWISH READING OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. By Adele Reinhartz. New York: Continuum, 2001. Pp. 206. $24.95. Reinhartz's sensitive and engaging study of the Fourth Gospel unfolds as four distinctive readings: (1) a Compliant Reading that views the ...
Jesus and the Politics of Interpretation. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... JESUS AND THE POLITICS OF INTERPRETATION. By Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza. New York: Continuum, 2000. Pp. xi + 180. $22.95. This volume, valuable as supplementary reading for graduate level courses in the New Testament and Christology, critiques the Jesus Seminar's critical ...
Spatmittelalterliche Frommigkeit zwischen Ideal und Praxis. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... SPATMITTELALTERLICHE FROMMIGKEIT ZWISCHEN IDEAL UND PRAXIS. Edited by Berndt Hamm and Thomas Lentes. Spatmittelalter und Reformation; neue Reihe, 15. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001. Pp. x + 212. DM 178. These collected essays, originally prepared for the 1998 Deutscher ...
The Pleasure of Discernment: Marguerite de Navarre as Theologian. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE PLEASURE OF DISCERNMENT: MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE AS THEOLOGIAN. By Carol Thysell. Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. New York: Oxford University, 2000. Pp. viii + 181. $45. This work studies the Heptameron by Marguerite of Navarre, sister of Francis I of France. The ...
Das Verhaltnis von Ewigkeit und Zeit als Widerspiegelung der Beziehung zwischen Schopfer und Schopfung: Eine textbegleitende Interpretation der Bucher XI-XIII der "Confessiones" des Augustinus. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... DAS VERHALTNIS VON EWIGKEIT UND ZEIT ALS WIDERSPIEGELUNG DER BEZIEHUNG ZWISCHEN SCHOPFER UND SCHOPFUNG: EINE TEXTBEGLEITENDE INTERPRETATION DER BUCHER XI-XIII DER "CONFESSIONES" DES AUGUSTINUS. By Ursula Schulte-Klocker. Hereditas: Studien zur Alten Kirchengeschichte, vol. 18. Bonn: ...
Constraint on Trial: Dirk Volckertsz Coornhert and Religious Freedom. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... CONSTRAINT ON TRIAL: DIRK VOLCKERTSZ COORNHERT AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. By Gerrit Voogt. Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies, vol. 52. Kirksville, Mo.: Truman State University, 2000. Pp. 268. $45; $30. Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (1522-1590) is the most important ...
The Other Side of Nothingness: Toward a Theology of Radical Openness. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE OTHER SIDE OF NOTHINGNESS: TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF RADICAL OPENNESS. By Beverly J. Lanzetta. Albany: State University of New York, 2001. Pp. x + 182. $16.95. This book presents an effort to tackle the problem of religious pluralism in today's world. Lanzetta criticizes ...
A Native American Theology. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... A NATIVE AMERICAN THEOLOGY. By Clara Sue Kidwell, Homer Noley, and George E. Tinker. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2001. Pp. xii + 204. $21. The three authors of this comprehensive and provocative work, each a Native American scholar engaged in fields ranging from anthropology to ...
I see Satan Fall Like Lightning. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... I SEE SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING. Rene Girard. Translated, with a Foreword, by James G. Williams. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2001. Pp. xxiv + 199. $20. For several decades, Girard has been developing his theory of the nature of violence and its significance for culture. Many ...
Croire et interpreter: Le Tournant hermeneutique de la Theologie. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... CROIRE ET INTERPRETER: LE TOURNANT HERMENEUTIQUE DE LA THEOLOGIE. By Claude Geffre. Parrs: Cerf, 2001. Pp. 173. Fr. 120. The prolific Claude Geffre has produced yet another volume, this time, again, on the hermeneutics of theology. It is a complement to and an extension of his ...
The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE WORK OF LOVE: CREATION AS KENOSIS. Edited by John Polkinghorne. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. pp. xiv + 210. $22. This is an excellent collection of essays with nary a weak one in the lot. They grew out of a 1998 gathering of theologians and scientists at Cambridge ...
God's Call: Moral Realism, God's Commands, and Human Autonomy. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... GOD'S CALL: MORAL REALISM, GOD'S COMMANDS, AND HUMAN AUTONOMY. By John E. Hare. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Pp. x + 122. $14. Attempting to transcend the dispute between moral realists and moral expressivists, the Calvinist theologian John Hare here defends his version of ...
Humanity: a Moral History of the Twentieth Century. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... HUMANITY: A MORAL HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By Jonathan Glover. New Haven: Yale University, 2000. Pp. xiv + 464. $27.95. Glover wants to give ethics an empirical dimension and so provides a moral history that focuses on the erosion of moral value manifested in a variety ...
The Mobilization of Shame: a World View of Human Rights. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE MOBILIZATION OF SHAME: A WORLD VIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS. By Robert F. Drinan, S.J. New Haven: Yale University, 2001. Pp. v + 240. $24.95. Jesuit Robert Drinan, lawyer, law professor, and former congressman traces the international recognition and defense of human rights from the ...
The Health Care Professional as Friend and Healer: Building on the Work of Edmund D. Pellegrino. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AS FRIEND AND HEALER: BUILDING ON THE WORK OF EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO. Edited by David C. Thomasma and Judith Lee Kissell. Washington: Georgetown University, 2000. Pp. xv + 303. $65; $24.95. Few bioethicists would not be familiar with the work of Edmund ...
Morality: the Catholic View. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... MORALITY: THE CATHOLIC VIEW. By Servais Pinckaers, O.P. Translated from the French by Michael Sherwin, O.P. South Bend, Ind.: St. Augustine's, 2001. Pp. viii + 141. $19. Pinckaers's work, a condensation of his 1986 work Les sources de la morale chretienne intended for the ...
Family: a Christian Social Perspective. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... FAMILY: A CHRISTIAN SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE. By Lisa Sowle Cahill. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000. Pp. xiv + 170. $17. Lisa Cahill presents both an overview of the Christian perspective on the family and a challenging contemporary view of what the Christian family is called to be. She ...
Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... POWERS, WEAKNESS, AND THE TABERNACLING OF GOD. By Marva J. Dawn. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Pp. 186. $14. What are the "principalities and powers" that linger in the post-resurrection world? Dawn sees "fallen powers" at work in mass media and popular culture, in modern and ...
Lead, Radiant Spirit: Our Gospel Quest. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... LEAD, RADIANT SPIRIT: OUR GOSPEL QUEST. By John Navone, S.J. Collegeville: Liturgical, 2001. Pp. vii + 128. $11.95. Navone develops a theme from Lonergan that sees religious conversion as the foundational reality for theology, a conversion that begins with an event and continues ...
Being as Symbol: on the Origins and Development of Karl Rahner's Metaphysics. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... BEING AS SYMBOL: ON THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF KARL RAHNER'S METAPHYSICS. By Stephen M. Fields, S.J. Washington: Georgetown University, 2000. Pp. xii + 164. $65. Originally a doctoral dissertation, Stephen Field's work focuses on the sources, structures, and development of ...
Adam's Curse: Reflections on Religion and Literature. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... ADAM'S CURSE: REFLECTIONS ON RELIGION AND LITERATURE. By Denis Donoghue. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2001. Pp. ix + 178. $24.95. These essays, the 1999 Erasmus Lectures at the University of Notre Dame, represent an exercise in literary criticism that is neither ...
Spinoza and the Irrelevance of Biblical Authority. (Shorter Notices).(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2002; ... SPINOZA AND THE IRRELEVANCE OF BIBLICAL AUTHORITY. By J. Samuel Preus. New York: Cambridge University, 2001. Pp. xiii + 228. $54.95. In this valuable study Preus attempts to summarize Spinoza's principal achievements in the Tractatus theologico-politicus within the context of ...
Books Received.
Mar 01, 2002 ... SCRIPTURAL STUDIES Arnal, William E. Jesus and the Village Scribes: Galilean Conflicts and the Setting of Q. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001. Pp. xiv + 290. $26. Atkinson, Kenneth. An Intertextual Study of The Psalms of Solomon: Pseudepigrapha. Studies in the Bible and ...