Ishoʿdad of Merw, Commentary on the Gospel of John.

Hofstra's detailed and painstaking volumes will supersede Mrs. Gibson's as the edition of choice for anyone using the work of Isho dad on John. Mrs. Gibson's translation of Isho dad is on the whole correct word by word, and Hofstra has done well to follow, as he most often does, her choice of English equivalents. When Caiaphas pronounces that it is better for one man to die for the people than that the whole nation should perish (John 11.50), was it Isho dad's view that he spoke by the gift of the Holy Spirit (Hofstra), or not (Gibson)?. [Extracted from the article]