Genesis 12-50: Volume 2 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830814728 ISBN 13: 9780830814725

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2002

Synopsis

<p><strong>Genesis 12-50 recounts the history of the patriarchs-Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.</strong> 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.</p><p>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 ofHippo, Caesarius of Arles, and Bede the Venerable. Ephrem the Syrian is the most commonly cited Syriac-speaking interpreter, while the fifth-century <em>Catena on Genesis</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p>

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About the Author

Originally from Washington, DC, Mark Sheridan is a Benedictine monk of Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem and professor emeritus in the Faculty of Theology of the Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, Rome, where he served as dean of the Faculty of Theology (1998-2005) and Rector Magnificus (2005-2009) of the Athenaeum. Among his publications are Genesis 12-50 in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series, Rufus of Shotep: Homilies on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and From the Nile to the Rhone and Beyond: Studies in Early Monastic Literature and Scriptural Interpretation. He is a specialist in Coptic language and literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830814728
• ISBN 13: 9780830814725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Sheridan Mark, Oden Thomas C.