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R. H. Lightfoot championed the work of German scholars, both in Form and Redaction Criticism of the Gospels, and then produced significant volumes on the gospels of Mark and John. His 1934 Bampton Lectures were in turn acknowledged in German scholarship, but also demonstrate how easy it is to overestimate one's audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Edwyn Hoskyns was a revered and inspirational teacher to Cambridge students between the two World Wars. His sudden death left his work unfinished, including the commentary on John's Gospel. Subsequently his reputation became undervalued, but be is now being rediscovered as a powerful exponent of historical and theological exegesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]