Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas : theological exegesis and speculative theology

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Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas : theological exegesis and speculative theology

edited by Michael Dauphinais and Matthew Levering

Catholic University of America Press, 2010, c2005

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Originally published 2005 (in hardback)

Bibliography: p. 351-362

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Authorial intention and the Divisio textus / John F. Boyle
  • The theological role of the fathers in Aquinas's Super evangelium S. Ioannis lectura / Stephen F. Brown
  • Biblical exegesis and the speculative doctrine of the Trinity in St. Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on St. John / Gilles Emery
  • What does the Spirit have to do? / Bruce D. Marshall
  • Does the paschal mystery reveal the Trinity? / Matthew Levering
  • The analogy of mission and obedience: a central point in the relation between Theologia and Oikonomia in St. Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on John / Michael Waldstein
  • Creation in St. Thomas Aquinas's Super evangelium S. Joannis lectura / David B. Burrell
  • Eternity and time in St. Thomas Aquinas's lectures on St. John's gospel / Matthew L. Lamb
  • Divine providence and John 15:5 / Steven A. Long
  • The concept of "life" in the Commentary on St. John / Carlo Leget
  • Christ the teacher in St. Thomas's Commentary on the gospel of John / Michael Sherwin
  • Come and see / Janet E. Smith
  • And Jesus wept: notes towards a theology of mourning / Richard Schenk
  • The extent of Jesus' human knowledge according to the fourth gospel / Benedict M. Ashley
  • Anti-docetism in Aquinas's Super Ioannem: St. Thomas as defender of the full humanity of Christ / Paul Gondreau
  • Aquinas and Christ's resurrection: the influence of the Lectura super Ioannem 20-21 on the Summa theologiae / Valkenberg
  • That the faithful become the Temple of God: the church militant in Aquinas's Commentary on John / Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
  • And they shall all be taught by God: Wisdom and the Eucharist in John 6 / Michael Dauphinais
  • The role of the apostles in the communication of Revelation according to the Lectura super Ioannem of St. Thomas Aquinas / Serge-Thomas Bonino

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Written by leading experts on Aquinas's theology, the essays in Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas bear common witness to a central theological conviction: the tasks of biblical exegesis and speculative theology, though distinct, indwell and inform each other. As the first book-length study of the full breadth of Aquinas's Commentary on the Gospel of John, this work illuminates the way in which thinking systematically or speculatively about revelation flows from questions raised within biblical exegesis itself. Like any medieval biblical commentator, Aquinas attempts to understand a biblical text not only in itself but also by appealing to parallel interpretive texts drawn from throughout the Bible as well as the accumulated insights of the Church Fathers. This method enables him to penetrate deeply into the thought of the Bible, recognizing that the biblical authors--speaking from within the context of Israel and the Church--raise questions that are theological and that belong to coherent speculative theological frameworks. The result is, in large part, a speculative theological commentary that is not imposed on the biblical texts but emerges from it. The essays in Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas seek to illumine the necessary conjunction of the inspired words of Scripture, exegetical commentary, and theological analysis. The volume is both a study of Aquinas's thought and an attempt to foster contemporary exegetical approaches that emphasize the need to interpret Scripture speculatively, through the historical lens of tradition.

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