The Two-Edged Sword

"These collectecd articles...are creative as well as scholarly, and have long served as basic references for Old Testament study....A series of penetrating articles that deserve full praise and use."



Rev. Roland Murphy, Catholic Biblical Quarterly





"There are few who can match (McKenzie's) honesty and grace."



The Christian Century





"It is cause for rejoicing that the scriptural reflections of John L. McKenzie are once more available. We are the richer for his erudition and saving sense of humor."



Daniel Berrigan, 2008





"Father John McKenzie led American Roman Catholic scholarship into the mainstream of critical biblical scholarship. In sum, he incorporated in terms of biblical scholarship the best of the Second Vatican Council."



Jim Robinson, 2008