Review of: John F. McHugh, John 1–4 (ICC),T&T Clark, 2009

John F. McHugh, John 1–4 (ICC),T&T Clark, 2009

Korte review in: The Expository Times 2009 120: 488

Korte review door: Paul Foster
Gevonden op: http://ext.sagepub.com/content/120/10/488.full.pdf+html

A PARTIAL COMMENTARY ON JOHN

John F. McHugh, John 1–4, ICC (London: T&T Clark – a Continuum imprint, 2009. £55.00. pp. xl + 324. ISBN 978–0–567–03158–7).

The appearance of a new ICC volume is usually an event of significance in biblical scholarship. Unfortunately, the publication of McHugh’s commentary on John 1-4 is a damp squib due to its incomplete nature. This volume does allow some insight into the thought of McHugh, and some of his exegetical notes are valuable and offer new slants on familiar text. However, his untimely death has resulted in a fragmentary work with no great coherence. Readers are only left with a sense of what might have been. Although the editors have done an excellent job in making the material presentable, the truth is that this volume does not warrant the price of £55. The book will probably be seen by later generations as a curiosity rather than an abiding contribution to scholarship.

PAUL FOSTER

School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh

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