Jesus, Verhaal van een Levende (Jesus, the Story of One Who is Alive) by Edward Schillebeeckx (review)

BOOK REVIEWS 781 most of his views are "compatible with Aristotelian philosophy." This section is very well done pedagogically and demonstrates his chief concern for beginners. However, at the same time, it is crystal clear that Ockham, unlike some modern logicians, is very much aware that no logician is philosophically neutral. The final chapters (63-77) deal with the general and particular notions of Supposition. It was revealing to this reviewer how much the great Ockham was dependent upon and conversant with both pagan and Christian logicians from the Stagirite to St. Anselm: e.g., St. John Damascene, Boethius, Porphyry, and the outstanding Arabs. But, nevertheless, it was very clear too that Ockham, as a savant, was very much his own man especially in his many interpretations of them and the philosopher's texts in the area of Logic and Philosophy. Besides, in the spirit of medieval times, he was very concerned with how some of his contemporaries were trying to use or to abuse the instrument of Logic in theologizing. Though Notre Dame Press deserves much credit for its excellent printing job, a little more caution could have been exercised in either proof-reading or in the actual printing of this masterpiece as this reviewer came quite easily upon more than enough misspellings or typographical mistakes: e. g., page 49, line ~ 'propositions'; page 67, line ~5 'fallacious'; page 75, line ~~ 'substance'; page 111, line ~4 'elucidated'; page 183, line ~~ 'preceding '; page 187, line 8 'let'; page ~00, line ~8 'disjunctive' and an excess of commas on the last line of page 105 and line 18 on page 198. But despite these minor blemishes which should be corrected in any later edition , it is my hope as one who has been teaching Logic for almost two decades that Dr. Loux will quickly complete translating the other parts of this great medieval work as well as he has done this part. Providence College Providence, R. I. DENNIS c. KANE, 0. P. Jezus, Verhaal van een Levende (Jesus, the Story of One Who is Alive). By EDwARD ScHILLEBEECKX. Bruges: Emmaus, 1974. Pp. 6~~- (The third enlarged printing (1975) has an additional five pages numbered 5~8a to 5~8e, on " the inner salvation-meaning of Jesus' resurrection," in which the author insists that it is impossible to reduce the resurrection to the subjective Easter-experience of the disciples. That experience includes and is inseparable from the objective Easter event. As he wrote before: the experience of the reality and the reality of the experience are inseparable (p. 3~~) . A nineteen-page biblical index has also been appended (pp. 6~3- 782 BOOK REVIEWS 641) listing all scriptural references as well as the references to apocryphal writings.) Schillebeeckx's" christological essay," in which he proposes a" Christian" approach to Jesus-interpretation, one in which both historical-critical thinking and faith have their say, is intended to show his readers, whether true believers or men of little faith, a way out of the confusion reigning in the minds of many today. They are overwhelmed by the ever-growing variety of opinions regarding Jesus. He frankly faces this variety as a theologian, without ignoring any comer of it, and critically evaluates what is acceptable and what is not. The outcome of his careful survey of the vast exegetical output of today and the recent past proves to be: Jesus is alive today. Part One: Questions of Method, Hermeneutics and Criteria (pp. 33-84) is basic, evidently, as a first step in clearing up the confusion. The author's stand is firm and decisive: Jesus of Nazareth (the Jesus of history) is the norm and criterion of every Jesus-interpretation. A believer too has to take an historical aproach to the problem of Jesus, who offers salvation on behalf of God. His starting-point in the study of Jesus is what history tells us about him. Jesus, who was proclaimed the Christ by Christians, is to be studied in a modern historical-critical manner. No doubt, the historical question concerning Jesus of necessity opens out on a theological problem, but only a post-critical historical narrative, a critical presentation of the "story of Jesus," can answer...