| The Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles: Volume 117 Contributor(s): Bede the Venerable (Author), Martin, Lawrence T. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0879079177 ISBN-13: 9780879079178 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General - Religion | Biblical Commentary - New Testament - Jesus, The Gospels & Acts - Religion | Monasticism |
| Dewey: 226.607 |
| LCCN: 88036547 |
| Series: Cistercian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bede's commentary on the Book of Acts is one of his earliest exegetical works (usually dated between 709 and 710) and one of his most popular and influential. None of the Latin Fathers of the Church had written a commentary on this book, and those which existed in Greek were unlikely to have been known in the West. Bede became the authority on Acts for countless subsequent students of Scripture. The breadth of Bede's mind, the diversity of his interests, and the thoroughness of his research are all mirrored in this work. Allegory is freely interspersed with practical commentary, textual analysis with mystical interpretation. Far from being a quaint relic of outdated exegesis, the commentary can be of practical use to modern Christians who read it in the spirit in which it was written: meditation on the workings of God. |