The past two decades have seen considerable expansion in Chrysostomic studies, evident in an increase of dissertations, monographs, articles, conferences, and seminars on John Chrysostom. Even so, resources for embarking in this subfield can be difficult to locate. Collecting essays from twenty-one scholars at various career stages, this volume represents a monumental undertaking by editors Chris L. De Wet and Wendy Mayer; the purpose is not only to offer resources for scholars working on Chrysostom but also to expose new approaches to his corpus. Approaches range from the more conventional literary and rhetorical theory to recent engagements with spatial theory, affect and emotion, cognition, and neurohistory; topics include Chrysostom's interaction with Jews and Jewishness, pedagogy, forms of therepeia, animal imagery, and ritual performance.

A volume of this breadth of course presents its challenges, not least that of assembling its threads into a coherent narrative. This challenge is evident in the volume's introduction, which, despite providing a helpful assessment of the state of the field, feels scattered in its attempt to engage every contribution. Nonetheless, the volume is a significant achievement that provides substantive background on trends and creatively opens new avenues of exploration. Some chapters feel particularly timely, e.g., Mayer's exploration of homiletic hate speech via Critical Rhetoric, and Stanfill's consideration of performative assembly in constructing and contesting social boundaries. While several chapters address the modern reception of Chrysostom, the volume lacks sustained discussion of the corpora of pre-modern translations and pseudo-Chrysostomic works (although the editors acknowledge these items as desiderata for future work).

Revisioning John Chrysostom will be of interest for anyone working on John Chrysostom, but especially for those introducing students to his work. The essays are theoretically demanding and provide crucial groundwork for postgraduate students, and yet most also exhibit the clarity of prose and exposition to be accessible to advanced undergraduate students. While the cost of the book is prohibitive for regular classroom use, it will make an excellent resource for the institutional or department library.