Genesis 12-50: Volume 2 Volume 2 Contributor(s): Sheridan, Mark (Editor), Oden, Thomas C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0830814728 ISBN-13: 9780830814725 Publisher: IVP Academic OUR PRICE: $67.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Edited by Mark Sheridan, this commentary on Genesis 12-50 shows how the early church fathers drew out the spiritual significance of patriarchal narrative for Christian believers. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - Pentateuch - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - Pentateuch - Religion | Christian Theology - History |
Dewey: 222.110 |
LCCN: 2002027383 |
Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture |
Physical Information: 1.47" H x 7.4" W x 10.22" (2.22 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: Genesis 12-50 recounts the history of the patriarchs--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. From their mentors Paul, Peter, Stephen, and the author of the letter to the Hebrews, the early fathers learned to draw out the spiritual significance of the patriarchal narrative for Christian believers. The Alexandrian school especially followed Paul's allegorical use of the story of Sarah and Hagar as they interpreted the Genesis accounts. The Antiochene school eschewed allegorical interpretation but still set about to find moral lessons in the ancient narrative. For all of them the events pointed toward the promises of the age to come, the new age revealed in the resurrection of Jesus. Among the principal Greek-speaking commentators included within this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume, readers will find Origen, Didymus the Blind, John Chrysostom, and Cyril of Alexandria. Among the Latin-speaking interpreters they will find Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Caesarius of Arles, and Bede the Venerable. Ephrem the Syrian is the most commonly cited Syriac-speaking interpreter, while the fifth-century Catena on Genesis provides access to such fathers as Eusebius of Caesarea, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Didymus of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Salamis, Irenaeus of Lyons, Eusebius of Emesa, Severian of Gabala, and Theodore of Mopsuestia among others. Varied in texture and nuance, the interpretations cited provide a wealth of ancient wisdom, some appearing here in English translation for the first time, to stimulate the mind and nourish the soul of the church today. |