Theological Studies back issues from December 2006:
From the editor's desk.(condemned modernism)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2006; ... An important centenary looms. On September 8, 1907, Pope Pius X's Pascendi dominici gregis defined and condemned "Modernism" as "the compendium of all heresies" and established vigilance committees in every diocese to ferret out suspected Modernists. In 1910, the motu proprio Sacrorum ...
Gift theory and the book of Job.(Critical essay)
Dec 01, 2006; ... CENTRAL TO THE BOOK OF JOB are five burning questions: (1) the justifiability of God in allowing a good man to suffer; (1) (2) the controversy over retributive justice; (3) the value of human suffering; (4) the nature of the whirlwind revelations; (5) the significance of the restoration ...
The starting point of systematic theology.
Dec 01, 2006; ... A REMARKABLE FOUR-POINT systematic-theological hypothesis has lain hidden for nearly 50 years in the pages of two dusty Latin tomes on the systematics of the Trinity. I wish to elevate the hypothesis to the status in a contemporary systematic theology that de facto the theorem of the ...
Resurrection--interruption--transformation: incarnation as hermeneutical strategy: a symposium.
Dec 01, 2006; ... PART ONE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYMPOSIUM WHAT IF THE DOCTRINE OF THE INCARNATION were the guiding principle of Roman Catholic theological reflection? "Well of course," one might say, "but hasn't this already occurred?" After all, the Incarnation is central to Catholic ...
Resurrection and the costs of evolution: a dialogue with Rahner on noninterventionist theology.(Karl Rahner)
Dec 01, 2006; ... SUFFERING THAT SPRINGS FROM natural causes, such as the South Asian tsunami of December 26, 2004, has always raised hard questions for Christian theology. In the current dialogue between science and theology, the issue of the suffering of human and nonhuman creatures takes on a new ...
"The Times They Are a 'Changin'": a response to O'Malley and Schloesser.(John O'Malley, Stephen Schloesser)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Inspired by two recent articles in this journal regarding the fact and nature of change at Vatican II, this article analyzes the nature of this change. Drawing on the author's previous writings on ecclesiology and the social sciences, it argues that Vatican II was necessary to restore ...
Eucharistic justice.
Dec 01, 2006; ... SOME YEARS AGO I DEDICATED a book of liturgical essays to Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, South Africa, honoring his ability to connect the promotion of liturgy with a zeal for justice. (1) This connection is the topic of this article. Despite the concern behind a few ...
Das Alte Testament als christliche Bibel in orthodoxer und westlicher Sicht: Zweite europaische orthodox-westliche Exegetenkonferenz im Rilakloster vom 8.-15. September 2001.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... DAS ALTE TESTAMENT ALS CHRISTLICHE BIBEL IN ORTHODOXER UND WESTLICHER SICHT: ZWEITE EUROPAISCHE ORTHODOX-WESTLICHE EXEGETENKONFERENZ IM RILAKLOSTER VOM 8.-15. SEPTEMBER 2001. Edited by Ivan Z. Dimitrov, James D. G. Dunn, Ulrich Luz, and Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr. Wissenschaftliche ...
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... DICTIONARY FOR THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE. Edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, et al. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005. Pp. 896. $54.99. This Dictionary should rightly become an important resource for those interested in biblical interpretation and theology. It is a ...
Life in Abundance: Studies of John's Gospel in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... LIFE IN ABUNDANCE: STUDIES OF JOHN'S GOSPEL IN TRIBUTE TO RAYMOND E. BROWN. Edited by John R. Donahue. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical, 2005. Pp. xiv + 313. $29.95. This collection includes articles and responses originally given at an International Conference on the Gospel of ...
Pneumatologie in der Alten Kirche.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... PNEUMATOLOGIE IN DER ALTEN KIRCHE. Edited and translated by Wolf-Dieter Hauschild and Volker Henning Drecoll. Traditio Christiana 12. New York: Peter Lang, 2004. Pp. lix + 372. $88.95. Hauschild and Drecoll have produced the best and most complete set of readings in patristic ...
From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... FROM JUDGMENT TO PASSION: DEVOTION TO CHRIST AND THE VIRGIN MARY, 800-1200. By Rachel Fulton. New York: Columbia University, 2002. Pp. xvi + 676. $47.50. Peter Damian, the eleventh-century church reformer, was a tortured man. Bewailing the "innumerable chains of sins" with which ...
The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE HARVEST OF MYSTICISM IN MEDIEVAL GERMANY. Volume 4 of The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism. By Bernard McGinn. New York: Crossroad, 2005. Pp. xx + 738. $34.95. To read Bernard McGinn is to find the actual pursuit of scholarship as intellectually ...
Lonergan's Quest: A Study of Desire in the Authoring of "Insight.".(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... LONERGAN'S QUEST: A STUDY OF DESIRE IN THE AUTHORING OF "INSIGHT." By William A. Mathews. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2005. Pp. ix + 564. $100. The 1906 attempt to create a labor union in Buckingham, Ontario--Bernard Lonergan's hometown--resulted in the death of two ...
Catholics and Shi'a in Dialogue: Studies in Theology and Spirituality.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... CATHOLICS AND SHI'A IN DIALOGUE: STUDIES IN THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY. Edited by Anthony O'Mahony, Wulstan Peterburs, and Ali Shomali. London: Melisende, 2004. Pp. 437. 25 [pounds sterling]. In July 2000, scholars and religious leaders from the Imam Khomeini Education and ...
Trinity: Nexus of the Mysteries of Christian Faith.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... TRINITY: NEXUS OF THE MYSTERIES OF CHRISTIAN FAITH. By Anne Hunt. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2005. Pp. xvi + 254. $20. The subtitle of Anne Hunt's book clearly indicates its content. She seeks to study the interconnections between the doctrine of the Trinity and the other mysteries ...
What Is Systematic Theology?(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... WHAT IS SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY? By Robert M. Doran. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2005. Pp. x + 253. Can $55. There are three general observations to be made about this book. The first and most important is that it is serious. Whatever else may be true of systematic theology as ...
Karl Barth's Christological Ecclesiology.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... KARL BARTH'S CHRISTOLOGICAL ECCLESIOLOGY. By Kimlyn J. Bender. Barth Studies. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xii + 304. $89.95. This well-documented and clearly presented study of the ecclesiology of Karl Barth comprises a bold attempt to revisit a topic that, for over 50 ...
A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... A DICTIONARY OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS. Edited by Edward Kessler and Neil Wenborn. New York: Cambridge University, 2005. Pp. xix + 507. $195. The Holocaust, the establishment of the state of Israel, and the Second Vatican Council encouraged both a new dialogue between Jews ...
Practices of Dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church: Aims and Obstacles, Lessons and Laments.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... PRACTICES OF DIALOGUE IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: AIMS AND OBSTACLES, LESSONS AND LAMENTS. By Bradford E. Hinze. New York: Continuum, 2006. Pp. ix + 326. $39.95. With Vatican II, the dominant motif for thinking about the Church became communion (koinonia). And among the key ...
Latin American Liberation Theology: The Next Generation.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THE NEXT GENERATION. Edited by Ivan Petrella. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2005. Pp. xxii + 177. $24. Observers claimed that the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the death knell for Latin American theology as well as for socialism. ...
Does Human Rights Need God?(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... DOES HUMAN RIGHTS NEED GOD? Edited by Elizabeth M. Bucar and Barbra Barnett. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. Pp. 405. $38. In his commentary concerning the UNESCO Commission on the foundations of human rights, Jacques Maritain famously remarked that certain champions of violently ...
Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... MODERN CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING: COMMENTARIES AND INTERPRETATIONS. Edited by Kenneth R. Himes. Washington: Georgetown University, 2005. Pp. xii + 563. $59.95; $39.95. Kenneth Himes and associate editors Lisa Sowle Cahill, Charles E. Curran, David Hollenbach, and Thomas Shannon ...
The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics.(The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO CHRISTIAN ETHICS. Edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2004. Pp. xii + 510. $131.95; $39.95. THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO RELIGIOUS ETHICS. Edited by William Schweiker. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005. Pp. xix + 613 ....
When God's People Have HIV/AIDS: An Approach to Ethics.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE HIV/AIDS: AN APPROACH TO ETHICS. By Maria Cimperman, O.S.U. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2005. Pp. xv + 159. $20. This concise volume offers a rich, passionately argued framework for a fundamental ethics in the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Weaving together ...
Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... SEXING THE CHURCH: GENDER, POWER AND ETHICS IN CONTEMPORARY CATHOLICISM. By Aline H. Kalbian. Bloomington: Indiana University, 2005. Pp. ix + 169. $45; $19.95. Kalbian tackles two distinct but closely interrelated issues of tremendous significance and complexity in Roman ...
The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. Edited by Arthur Holder. Blackwell Companions to Religion. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005. Pp. xiii + 568. $124.95. Taken as a whole, the 31 contributors to this hefty volume successfully portray the study of Christian ...
The Virgin of El Barrio: Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican American Activism.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE VIRGIN OF EL BARRIO: MARIAN APPARITIONS, CATHOLIC EVANGELIZING, AND MEXICAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM. By Kristy Nabhan-Warren. New York: New York University, 2005. Pp. x + 291. $65; $21. This book presents a case study of Marian visionary Estela Ruiz and her family. Nabhan-Warren's ...
Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... MINDING THE SPIRIT: THE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. Edited by Elizabeth A. Dreyer and Mark S. Burrows. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2005. Pp. xxvii + 382. $60; $19.95. This book is essential for those engaged in the academic study of spirituality, particularly for historians ...
Theological Reflection: Methods.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION: METHODS. By Elaine Graham, Heather Walton, and Frances Ward. London: SCM, 2005. Pp. 247. $29.99. Theological reflection has been the term of reference for the practical end of the theological spectrum for over 30 years. In itself the phrase is somewhat ...
Trost--Zunahme an Hoffnung, Glaube und Liebe: Zum theologischen Ferment der Ignatianischen "Unterscheidung der Geister.".(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... TROST--ZUNAHME AN HOFFNUNG, GLAUBE UND LIEBE: ZUM THEOLOGISCHEN FERMENT DER IGNATIANISCHEN "UNTERSCHEIDUNG DER GEISTER." By Hans Zollner. Innsbrucker theologische Studien 68. Innsbruck-Wien: Tyrolia, 2004. Pp. 341. 34 [euro]. Zollner begins his Innsbruck dissertation with one of ...
Faith, Reason and the Existence of God.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... FAITH, REASON AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. By Denys Turner. New York: Cambridge University, 2004. Pp. xix + 271. $75; $29.99. Denys Turner has produced an erudite, well-crafted argument that "we know by faith that it is possible to know God by human reason with certainty" (25)--the ...
Kant and the Ethics of Humility: A Story of Dependence, Corruption, and Virtue.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... KANT AND THE ETHICS OF HUMILITY: A STORY OF DEPENDENCE, CORRUPTION, AND VIRTUE. By Jeanine Grenberg. New York: Cambridge University, 2005. Pp. xi + 269. $75. Grenberg's engaging and elegantly written book is an effort to rehabilitate the virtue of humility by way of a ...
Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... FALLEN ANGELS AND THE HISTORY OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY: THE RECEPTION OF ENOCHIC LITERATURE. By Annette Yoshiko Reed. New York: Cambridge University, 2005. Pp. xii + 318. $75. Although a revision of her Princeton doctoral dissertation, Reed demonstrates mastery in several ...
The Empty Men: The Heroic Tradition of Ancient Israel.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE EMPTY MEN: THE HEROIC TRADITION Of ANCIENT ISRAEL. By Gregory Mobley. Anchor Bible Reference Library. New York: Doubleday, 2005. Pp. xvii + 294. $35. The title of this work refers to rough and tumble warriors, a phrase that occurs in Judges 9:4; 11:3, and 2 Chronicles 13:7 ....
Reading Romans as a Diatribe.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... READING ROMANS AS A DIATRIBE. By Changwon Song. Studies in Biblical Literature 59. New York: Peter Lang, 2004. Pp. ix + 147. $55.95. In this brief tome Changwon Song puts forth some provocative proposals regarding Paul's Letter to the Romans. According to S., Romans originally ...
Making Wise the Simple: The Torah in Christian Faith and Practice.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE: THE TORAH IN CHRISTIAN FAITH AND PRACTICE. By Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. Pp. xxiv + 329. $20. In this sophisticated yet eminently readable book, Johanna van Wijk-Bos presents contemporary Christians with a resource to ...
The Revelation to John: A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Apocalypse.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE REVELATION TO JOHN: A COMMENTARY ON THE GREEK TEXT OF THE APOCALYPSE. By Stephen S. Smalley. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2005. Pp. xvii + 633. $65. The fruit of lifelong research that joins considerable publications on the Gospel and Letters of John, this literary and ...
Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ART AND JUDAISM IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD: TOWARD A NEW JEWISH ARCHAEOLOGY. By Steven Fine. New York: Cambridge University, 2005. Pp. xvii + 267. $75. Although this is a difficult and sometimes confusing book, it will reward the patient reader with new perspectives on a wide ...
Through Holiness to Wisdom: The Nature of Theology According to St. Bonaventure.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THROUGH HOLINESS TO WISDOM: THE NATURE OF THEOLOGY ACCORDING TO ST. BONAVENTURE. By Gregory LaNave. Rome: Istituto Storico dei Cappuccini, 2005. Pp. 244. 20 [euro]. LaNave engages the works of Saint Bonaventure with the question, "What is the place of holiness in the task of ...
The Augustinian Person.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE AUGUSTINIAN PERSON. By Peter Burnell. Washington: Catholic University of America, 2005. Pp. xiii + 218. $24.95. Peter Burnell systematically explores Augustine's understanding of human nature and person, especially many unresolved problems and their logical implications that ...
Aufklarung und Okumene: Reunionsversuche Zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten im Deutschsprachigen Raum des spateren 18 Jahrhunderts.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... AUFKLARUNG UND OKUMENE: REUNIONSVERSUCHE ZWISCHEN KATHOLIKEN UND PROTESTANTEN IM DEUTSCHSPRACHIGEN RAUM DES SPATEREN 18 JAHRHUNDERTS. By Christopher Spehr. Beitrage zur historischen Theologie 132. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck 2005. Pp. 484. 99 [euro]. While the ecumenical efforts of ...
Divided Houses: Religion and Gender in Modern France.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... DIVIDED HOUSES: RELIGION AND GENDER IN MODERN FRANCE. By Caroline Ford. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, 2005. Pp. xi + 170. $35. Caroline Ford explores the impact of the feminization of Catholicism on the development of secular French republican culture (8-9). Although the ...
Transcendental Arguments and Justified Christian Belief.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTS AND JUSTIFIED CHRISTIAN BELIEF. By Ronney Mourad. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2005. Pp. x + 159. $59; $27. A revision of his thesis at the University of Chicago, Mourad's book is a clear, concise, and often compelling text that should be ...
The Asian Jesus.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE ASIAN JESUS. By Michael Amaladoss, S.J. Delhi, India: ISPCK, 2005. Pp. 205. $9. Amaladoss is a prolific Indian theologian with 22 books and over 330 articles to his name. In this volume A. intends not to offer a dogmatic Christology or a comparative theology (he is very ...
Rahner beyond Rahner: A Great Theologian Encounters the Pacific Rim.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... RAHNER BEYOND RAHNER: A GREAT THEOLOGIAN ENCOUNTERS THE PACIFIC RIM. Edited by Paul G. Crowley. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. Pp. xx + 171. $21.95. Originated from a 2004 conference at Santa Clara University, California, to mark the centenary of Rahner's birth, these ...
Liberta religiosa ed ecumenismo: La questione del "territorio canonico" in Russia.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... LIBERTA RELIGIOSA ED ECUMENISMO: LA QUESTIONE DEL "TERRITORIO CANONICO" IN RUSSIA. By Adriano Garuti. Siena: Cantagalli, 2005. Pp. 212. 16.80 [euro]. One issue clouding relations between the Vatican and the Moscow Patriarchate is the establishment in 2002 of four Catholic ...
Bioeticas para el siglo XXI: 30 anos de bioetica (1970-2000).(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... BIOETICAS PARA EL SIGLO XXI: 30 ANOS DE BIOETICA (1970-2000). Edited by Juan Velez, S.J. Teologia 34. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 2003. pp. 215. 20 [euro]. Velez brought together experts from different spheres of inquiry (theology, philosophy, ethics, psychology, and law), ...
Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... COVENANT MARRIAGE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. Edited by John Witte, Jr., and Eliza Ellison. Religion, Marriage and Family. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. Pp. xiii +342. $34. Can and ought state legislatures create a two-tiered system of marriage wherein some "couples may choose a ...
Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st Century.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... IGNATIAN HUMANISM: A DYNAMIC SPIRITUALITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. By Ronald Modras. Chicago: Loyola, 2004. Pp. xxi + 346. $16.95. Modras's thesis is that Ignatian spirituality is so rooted in Renaissance humanism that it ought itself to be classified as a form of humanism (viii, ...
The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE THOMAS MERTON ENCYCLOPEDIA. By William H. Shannon, Christine M. Bochen, and Patrick F. O'Connell. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2002. Pp. xix + 572. $35. Readers have long known books with titles like A Companion to Plato ... to Shakespeare ... to Kierkegaard, but this seems to be ...
The Alabados of New Mexico.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE ALABADOS OF NEW MEXICO. Edited by Thomas J. Steele, S.J. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 2005. Pp. 401. $49.95. Steele gives us a delightful collection of Spanish religious hymns (alabados) that spring from the living oral tradition of New Mexico. They deal with the ...
Religion and Wittgenstein's Legacy.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... RELIGION AND WITTGENSTEIN'S LEGACY. Edited by D. Z. Phillips and Mario von der Ruhr. Ashgate Wittgenstein Studies. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. x + 334. $109.95. The collection consists of an introduction by D. Z. Phillips and six symposia from a 2000, Claremont Graduate ...
The Wondering Brain: Thinking about Religion with and beyond Cognitive Neuroscience.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE WONDERING BRAIN: THINKING ABOUT RELIGION WITH AND BEYOND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. By Kelly Bulkeley. New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. 229. $85; $22.95. This is not a theological book, but rather a reflection in the style of interdisciplinary religious studies on current ...
Discovering Girard.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... DISCOVERING GIRARD. By Michael Kirwan, S.J. Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley, 2005. Pp. 137. $16.95. Kirwan organizes this very helpful introduction to the work of the French-American literary and cultural critic Rene Girard into three areas: the development of mimetic theory (Violence ...
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. By Anthony C. Thiselton. Grand Rapids.: Baker Academic, 2002. Pp. viii + 344. $24.99. Thiselton has produced a useful, affordable, and succinct work. Neophytes will benefit from precise definitions of difficult philosophical ...
Books received.
Dec 01, 2006 ... SCRIPTURAL STUDIES Bockmuchl, Markus, and Donald A. Hagner, ed. The Written Gospel. New York: Cambridge University, 2005. Pp. xxvi + 360. $75; $29.99. Boxall, Ian. The Revelation of Saint John. Black's New Testament Commentary. New York: Continuum, 2006. Pp. xvi + ...