Reading Jonathan Edwards: An Annotated Bibliography in Three Parts, 1729–2005. By M. X. Lesser. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008. xii + 693 pp. $145.00 cloth.

摘要

This huge volume reprints the two previous bibliographies by the compiler, andoyen of Edwards scholarship, that cover the years down to 1978 and downnto 1993, inserting previous omissions and adding an entirely new section dealing with titles down to 2005. It contains publications that reproduce,ndiscuss, or even allude to Jonathan Edwards and is far more than a list, sinceneach entry contains a summary of content, always accurate and oftennperceptive. The introductions to the three sections are urbane and fair-nminded. The latest introduction registers an intriguing change in the naturenof the output, characterizing it as “increasingly evangelical and, regrettably,npartisan” (456). More than half of the content of the third bibliographynderives from the 2003 tercentennial. Intriguingly, the first volume of the Yalenedition of Edwards’s Works, published in 1957, appears on 211, so thatnnearly two-thirds of the content relates to items that have appeared since thatndate (though it has to be said that the volume of the summaries tends tonincrease over time). The indexes of authors and titles and of subjects will beninvaluable for the researcher trying to track down elusive commentary.nAltogether this work will be essential for any future work on Edwards.