Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy: Volume 3Joseph T. Lienhard, Thomas C. Oden InterVarsity Press, 2014 M02 19 - 382 pages From its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus the Jewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy bears ample witness to this new way of reading these ancient texts. Among the earliest interpreters whose works remain extant is Origen, who virtually single-handedly assured the Old Testament a permanent place within the Christian church through his extensive commentary and reflection. His twenty-seventh homily on Numbers is particularly noteworthy for his interpretation of the forty-two stopping places in the desert wanderings as the forty-two stages of growth in the spiritual life. Among Greek-speaking interpreters, this current volume draws widely on John Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoret of Cyr, and John of Damascus. Among Latin-speaking interpreters, quotations from Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Paterius, Caesarius of Arles, Cassiodorus, and Isidore are found in abundance. Ephrem and Aphrahat are represented among Syriac speakers. Numerous other interpreters are present from each grouping. Varied in texture and nuance, the interpretations included in this volume display a treasure house of ancient wisdom, some appearing here in English translation for the first time, speaking with eloquence and intellectual acumen to the church today. |
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... heart of evangelicals for the recovery of the history of exegesis as a basis for the renewal of preaching. This series offers resources for that renewal. Steps Toward Selections In moving from raw data to making selections, the volume ...
... heart of the patristic comment. Identifying the Patristic Texts Following the topical heading of each section of comment, the name of the patristic commentator is given. An English translation of the patristic comment is then xxxiv A ...
... heart and life. The work is a thesaurus of allegorical and moral truths but of little use for excerpting in a work like this one. Cyril's other great work on the Pentateuch, in thirteen books, is titled Glaphyra or Elegant Comments.12 ...
... heart, their reaction was either rejection or ridicule. Hence the Fathers regularly needed to explain references to God's arm or hand or foot or to his anger or wrath. A particularly difficult passage was the one in which Scripture says ...
... the title page of this volume. Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. Fordham University Bronx, New York June 2000 Solemnity of the Sacred Heart o o o Exodus JACOB'S DESCENDANTS IN EGYPT EXODUS 1:1-7 lii Introduction to Exodus Through Deuteronomy.
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Leviticus | 163 |
Numbers | 205 |
Deuteronomy | 275 |
Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Period | 372 |
Bibliography | 379 |
AuthorsWritings Index | 391 |
Subject Index | 392 |
Scripture Index | 397 |
About the Editor | 401 |
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture | 402 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 403 |
Early Christian Writers and the Documents Cited | 342 |
Biographical Sketches Short Descriptions of Select Anonymous Works | 348 |