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BOOK REVIEWS 363 who is a "pillar and bulwark of the truth." In general, it emerges that the most characteristic aspects of the Pauline concept of truth are almost exclusively associated with definite blocks of Epistles and not scattered throughout the corpus. The theme of truth, as it occurs in Ephesians and the Pastorals, in marked affinity with its occurrence in the Qumran writings , suggests that those who penned these epistles, secretaries or disciples of Paul, were converted Essenes. It is inevitable that further research will modify some of the views put forward in these essays. Some suggested contacts may seem less likely, whereas others may be discerned. At any rate, a strong case is made for the influence of Qumran on Pauline language and concepts. Two points emerge clearly, nonetheless: the originality of the Christian message and the fact that the influence of Essenism on Christianity took place in its later development rather than during its early years. An important feature of many of the essays is that, in working out parallels between Paul and Qumran, they develop Pauline doctrine and explain texts in a manner that is illuminating, whether or not one accepts the proposed Qumran affinity. One can instance Grundmann's treatment of justification and Coppens' synthesis of "mystery." Paul and Qumran must be given a special place among the scholarly writings about the Scrolls-and the scholarly output in this area is immense. Father Murphy-O'Connor was conscious of a communication gap between the scholars and others who are interested in the progress of their research and decided to do something about it: "My sole object in compiling this book was to bridge this gap by rendering more accessible some of the more significant articles devoted to study of the contacts between the Pauline writings and the Essene documents." His own splendid essay assures us of his competence for the task. All serious students of the New Testament owe him a real debt of gratitude. WILFRID J. HARRINGTON, 0. P. St. Mary's, Tallaght, Co. Dublin, Ireland Summa Theologiae, Volume 33 (Hope). By Saint Thomas Aquinas. Translated and Edited by WILLIAM J. HILL, 0. P., (New York: McGrawHill , 1966). Pp. 226. $6.75. The meaning and implications of Christian hope are being contemplated and appropriated these days as seldom before in the history of the Church. Quite as remarkable as the present concentration on the " great forgotten " doctrine of hope is the diversity of persons (and ideologies represented) in dialogue. Not only are pioneering Christian theologians, such as 364 BOOK REVIEWS Jiirgen Moltmann and Johannes Metz, focused on hope but traditionalist and progressive Catholics, fundamentalist and liberal Protestants, political conservatives and radicals, Marxists, members of the " new left," and many people yet unlabelled by these " catch-all " categories, are all finding common ground in its consideration. At its core, the " theology of hope " movement is both extremely radical-in its reinterpretation of temporality, eschatology, and history, for example-and deeply committed to such traditional sources of authority as Holy Scripture and the Church. Saint Thomas found in the doctrine of Christian hope an essential ingredient for his theology, and he telescoped many of the" contemporary" discoveries and issues as he meditated. Thus with real pleasure we welcome Volume 33 of the new Summa Theologiae, which offers forcefully Saint Thomas's major articles on hope together with those subsequent, related questions about fear, despair, presumption, and "precepts." The translator and editor of this volume, William J. Hill, 0. P., has framed his English version (facing a Latin text) with an introduction, some notes of reference and explanation, and index, a glossary, and nine appendices. The six questions of the Summa which Hill has included form a conditio sine qua non of most Catholic appropriations of the Biblical doctrine; and Saint Thomas's spiritual sensitivity regarding hope offers illumination for all other men as well. Saint Thomas carefully delineated the theological virtue of hope from the more mundane, yet not totally disanalogous, hopes of men. He found reasons for hope in the creation itself, in the teleological cosmology which he found all-pervasive, in the redemptive purpose of God, and in the person of Jesus Christ. He...

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