1-2 Corinthians: Volume 7 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830824928 ISBN 13: 9780830824922

Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press,US, 2006

Synopsis

<p><strong>In Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief.</strong> And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles are a treasury of exposition and application. The fragmentary works of Didymus the Blind and Severian of Gabala give us samples of Greek exegesis from the Alexandrian and Antiochene schools. The partial work of Theodore of Mopsuestia was long valued in the church, and the comments of Theodoret of Cyr are notable for their sensitivity to the intertextuality of Scripture. Then there are Origen and Pelagius, whose notable errors need not obscure their brilliant insights into Scripture. But pride of place in this volume goes to the unknown fourth-century commentator now dubbed Ambrosiaster. Hisexcellent commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians was previously unavailable in English translation.This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume opens a whole new way of reading these New Testament texts. The pastoral and theological interpretation of the fathers offers spiritual and intellectual sustenance to those who would read Paul again with open minds and hearts.</p>

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About the Author

Volume editor Gerald Bray is Anglican Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. His publications include The Doctrine of God (IVP), Creeds, Councils Christ (IVP) and Biblical Interpretation: Past Present (IVP). He is also editor of Romans and James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press,US
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830824928
• ISBN 13: 9780830824922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Bray Gerald L., Oden Thomas C.