Aquinas On Scripture: An Introduction To His Biblical Commentaries

Aquinas on Scripture: An Introduction to his Biblical Commentaries

Review 'The contributors tend to give a short summary of the contents of the relevant works, and then focus on one or two characteristic themes of sections. The result is a useful synopsis of content of Aquinas's scriptual exegesis, as well as a helpful account of the hermeneutical approach he adopted. A very useful introduction to Aquinas's scriptual commentaries.'Dr Richard Cross, Church Times, 2006 'A valuable addition to the growing library on Aquinas as biblical commentator. It alerts scholars and advanced students to an important facet of Aquinas's work and to an important figure in the history of biblical interpretation.'Thomas F. Ryan, Religious Studies Review, 2008 This book evaluates all the biblical commentaries of St Thomas Aquinas for the modern age with each commentary examined by an expert, specialist scholar in that field. Each chapter focuses on the two or three major themes of its particular commentary and also relates the themes of the commentaries to Aquinas' Summa Contra Gentiles and especially to his Summa Theologica. The purpose of this volume is not only to evaluate Aquinas' commentaries, but also, in so doing, to demonstrate that Aquinas is primarily a biblical theologian, a consideration that has come more and more to the fore in recent studies. No other book systematically addresses this important issue for Aquinas, biblical studies and theology. About the Author Thomas G. Weinandy is the Executive Director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Formerly, he was Warden of Greyfriars Hall and Lecturer in History and Doctrine in the Faculty of Theology, Oxford University.