ABSTRACT
It has been well over a century since the study of Thomas Aquinas became a major area of enquiry in historical philosophy and theology, and the challenge to present original research increases yearly. It is unfortunate that Jenkins did not avail himself of the research of one of Boyle's students, Michele Mulcahey, for what she states explicitly Fr Boyle knew intuitively. If Jenkins had consulted Mulcahey's studies, he would have realized that he and Boyle were not so far apart in their arguments. Jenkins's study is certainly a challenge to the traditional reading of the Summa, and it demands a careful consideration. His quarrel with Boyle is a good object lesson about the need to connect intellectual developments of scholastic theology with the pedagogical context in which they grew. The suggestion that Thomas's exegetical work is at the core of his theological study is not as revolutionary as it sounds.
