John - (Earth Bible Commentary) by Margaret Daly-Denton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This volume in the Earth Bible Commentary Series suggests how John's Gospel might motivate and resource a Christian response to the ecological crisis. Margaret Daly-Denton shows how aptly Mary Magdalene recognized the risen Jesus as 'the gardener' (Jn 20.15), completing his day's work in the 'garden' of the Earth. The Johannine story of Jesus offers his present day followers a paradigm with considerable potential to inspire Earth care, sustainable living and commitment to eco-justice. The Fourth Evangelist believes that Jesus fulfils the Jewish hope for a restoration envisaged as a return of humankind to Eden. Keeping this theme continually in mind, Daly-Denton reads the gospel with sensitivity to the role of the more-than-human world in the narrative and with particular attention to the scriptural underlay that repeatedly brings this world into the foreground. The commentary begins with an exploration of the memories and associations that the garden setting would have evoked for the intended audience. It then follows the gospel's spiral path that eventually leads to the garden of Mary's encounter. Each chapter concludes by asking how believers might do God's work (Jn 6.28) in today's ecologically damaged world and by offering practical suggestions indicative of the reflection that readers of the commentary will be able to do in their own setting.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>It should not be surprising that a Gospel about the one through whom "all things came into being+? has profound implications for ecological responsibility, but Daly-Denton is the fi rst major scholar to show this convincingly. Her commentary combines excellent scholarship, deep insight, and prophetic relevance. It is a superb example of what John's Gospel itself encourages: being "led into all the truth+? through a wise blend of rereading scriptures and passionate commitment to Jesus who came for the sake of "life in all its fullness".<br/>DAVID F. FORD, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, UK<br><br>The evocative Johannine text, Supposing Him to be the Gardener, infuses Margaret Daly-Denton's Earth-conscious reading of the Fourth Gospel. She reads with three levels of attentiveness. The fi rst is to those Earth elements such as bread, water and light that are encoded in the text but are so often read for their symbolic import only and not in their materiality. The second is to the impact of fi rst century CE socio-economic and political realities on the land. The focus of the third level is the contemporary consciousness of Earth that accompanies this new reading of the Johannine text. Readers of this beautifully written commentary will be drawn into a rich tapestry of these three layers of meaning-making and will encounter Daly-Denton's expert knowledge of the Johannine text and its intertexts in literature and context.<br/>ELAINE M. WAINWRIGHT, University of Auckland, New Zealand<br><br>The prose is rich and sensitive to the many instances in the Gospel referring to the natural world ... a very good addition to a Johannine library, offering insights and references not usually considered.<br/>Australian Biblical Review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Margaret Daly-Denton's</b> early career as a liturgical musician and an internationally published church composer led her to become a biblical scholar. She has recently retired from teaching New Testament at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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