SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the reek as hate not been reserred for renew in other forms.] An Eastern Exposition of the Gospel of Jesus according to St. John. By Sri Parinanda. Edited by R. L. Harrison. (Hutchinson and Co.)—We cannot undertake to appreciate this "Eastern Exposition." Such attention as we have been able to give to it convinces us that there is much devotional feeling and in- sight in its exegesis. But it is necessary to say that the treat- ment of the text is untrustworthy. In xvii. 5, for instance, we are told that the true rendering is not "with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was," but "before this sending of the world." " EIVEl [sic], the infinitive of ime, to send, governs KilekLOY." ewes (the form is sc spelt three times) is not the infinitive of Tme, or, indeed, a word at all. "I judge no man" is changed into "I discern no man," a meaning which cannot be got out of sp;re,. The most illuminated expositor must really know something about Greek, unless he is to get into serious trouble.
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