Reading John for the First Time - Softcover

Wilfrid Harrington, OP

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809149389 ISBN 13: 9780809149384

Publisher: Paulist Press, 2016

Synopsis

In this brief and insightful blueprint for reading and appreciating the Gospel of John, noted scripture scholar Wilfrid J. Harrington, OP, guides the reader through the major themes of the Gospel. John has wholly imposed the Christ of faith upon the earthly Jesus. He has painted an icon. An icon brings out the spiritual significance of the subject. This is the final volume in a series of pastoral commentaries on the gospel which seek to make available the best of scriptural scholarship to the nonspecialist. The series will be of particular interest to preachers, teachers, and those coming to scripture study for the first time.|In this brief and insightful blueprint for reading and appreciating the Gospel of John, noted scripture scholar Wilfrid J. Harrington, OP, guides the reader through the major themes of the Gospel. John has wholly imposed the Christ of faith upon the earthly Jesus. He has painted an icon. An icon brings out the spiritual significance of the subject. This is the final volume in a series of pastoral commentaries on the gospel which seek to make available the best of scriptural scholarship to the nonspecialist. The series will be of particular interest to preachers, teachers, and those coming to scripture study for the first time.

About this title

About the Author

Wilfrid Harrington, OP, is professor of scripture at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin, Ireland, and visiting lecturer at the Church of Ireland Theological College, Dublin. He has taught summer school courses in the United States regularly since 1965.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809149389
• ISBN 13: 9780809149384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128