So far as I am aware, there is no other book which covers quite the same field as this one. There are, however, many books which overlap various parts of the field. I have profited from several of these, and I hope that full acknowledgement has been made, both in the text and in the bibliography. Professor Daniel Day Williams, of Union Theological Seminary, New York, read the whole book in typescript, and suggested many improve- ments. Further valuable comments were received from Professor John McIntyre, of the University of Edinburgh, and Professor Ian T. Ramsey, of the University of Oxford. Mr. William Newton Todd gave assistance in reading the proofs. To all of them, I wish to express my warm thanks. J. M. University of Glasgow, November, 1961 -14- |