Margaret Daly-Denton’s early career as a liturgical musician and an internationally published church composer led her to become a biblical scholar. She has recently retired from teaching New Testament at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

The prose is rich and sensitive to the many instances in the Gospel referring to the natural world ... a very good addition to a Johannine library, offering insights and references not usually considered.

• PrefaceAbbreviations AcknowledgementsIntroduction: An Earth-Conscious Reading 1. Supposing Him to Be the Gardener 2. In the Beginning 3. From Lamplight to Dawn 4. From Wilderness to Fertile Land 5. At the Centre of the Earth 6. Living Water 7. My Father Has Never Ceased Working8. The Bread of Life 9. At the Festival of Tabernacles10. The Good Shepherd 11. From Bethany to Jerusalem12. The Hour Has Come (Jn 12.23) 13. Eat, Friends, and Drink (Song 5.1) 14. I Still Have Much to Say to You (Jn 16.12) 15. Love Is as Strong as Death (Song 8.6) 16. I Have Come to My Garden (Song 5.1) BibliographyIndex

Margaret Daly-Denton’s early career as a liturgical musician and an internationally published church composer led her to become a biblical scholar. She has recently retired from teaching New Testament at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

The prose is rich and sensitive to the many instances in the Gospel referring to the natural world ... a very good addition to a Johannine library, offering insights and references not usually considered.

• PrefaceAbbreviations AcknowledgementsIntroduction: An Earth-Conscious Reading 1. Supposing Him to Be the Gardener 2. In the Beginning 3. From Lamplight to Dawn 4. From Wilderness to Fertile Land 5. At the Centre of the Earth 6. Living Water 7. My Father Has Never Ceased Working8. The Bread of Life 9. At the Festival of Tabernacles10. The Good Shepherd 11. From Bethany to Jerusalem12. The Hour Has Come (Jn 12.23) 13. Eat, Friends, and Drink (Song 5.1) 14. I Still Have Much to Say to You (Jn 16.12) 15. Love Is as Strong as Death (Song 8.6) 16. I Have Come to My Garden (Song 5.1) BibliographyIndex

Margaret Daly-Denton’s early career as a liturgical musician and an internationally published church composer led her to become a biblical scholar. She has recently retired from teaching New Testament at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

The prose is rich and sensitive to the many instances in the Gospel referring to the natural world ... a very good addition to a Johannine library, offering insights and references not usually considered.

• PrefaceAbbreviations AcknowledgementsIntroduction: An Earth-Conscious Reading 1. Supposing Him to Be the Gardener 2. In the Beginning 3. From Lamplight to Dawn 4. From Wilderness to Fertile Land 5. At the Centre of the Earth 6. Living Water 7. My Father Has Never Ceased Working8. The Bread of Life 9. At the Festival of Tabernacles10. The Good Shepherd 11. From Bethany to Jerusalem12. The Hour Has Come (Jn 12.23) 13. Eat, Friends, and Drink (Song 5.1) 14. I Still Have Much to Say to You (Jn 16.12) 15. Love Is as Strong as Death (Song 8.6) 16. I Have Come to My Garden (Song 5.1) BibliographyIndex