*The Lord’s Prayer* by Nijay K. Gupta #2

This is the second post on Gupta's work on the Lord's prayer. Having given his introduction, Gupta proceeds to explore the first line of the prayer, "Our Father in heaven." Interestingly, besides the name "Lord's prayer," the prayer has alternatively been known in church history as the Pater noster, in Latin, the Our Father. Gupta …

Varieties of Thomist today

Thomists today abound. The reader can be directed to the Thomist, the analytical Thomist, the Cracow Circle Thomist, the existential Thomist, the neo-Thomist, and the transcendental Thomist, among others, at least according to Wikipedia. But there are also yet more basic forms: 1. tomist. n. A writer of tomes. Pope Leo I is probably the church's …

*The Lord’s Prayer* by Nijay K. Gupta #1

In my spare time (!), I am currently reading through Nijay K. Gupta's commentary, The Lord's Prayer, Smyth and Helwys Bible Commentary (Smyth and Helwys: 2017). The Smyth and Helwys commentary series, while not addressing the deeper exegetical questions of larger commentaries, produces short and accessible commentaries on biblical texts and are generally helpful for those …