Fr Henry Wansbrough OSB, Author at Catholic Herald

Fr Henry Wansbrough OSB

The astonishing Fourth Gospel: teasing out the narrative of the one we call John

April 14, 2024

I hesitate to call the Fourth Gospel “John’s Gospel”, since there is no reliable sign that John had anything to do with its authorship. It is the gospel of the Beloved Disciple, but who was he? The Beloved Disciple is never given a name, and that is quite deliberate. He (or perhaps she – except

Mankind or humankind? How biblical translators wrestle with gendered language

October 12, 2020

When St Jerome’s new translation of the Book of Jonah into Latin was read out in church in Oea in North Africa, it nearly caused a riot. It was the passage where God causes a bush to spring up to shelter Jonah from the scorching sun (Jonah 4:6-7). The word for the bush was usually

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