Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Volume 8 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830824936 ISBN 13: 9780830824939

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2005

Synopsis

<p><strong>Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety.</strong> The doctrines of Christ, of salvation, and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, these letters offered profound visions seldom captured by modern eyes. Trinitarian truth was patterned in the apostle's praise of God who is "over all, through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:6).Without a doubt the greatest text in this collection of letters is the "Christ hymn" of Philippians 2:6-11. This commentary offers an unparalleled close-up view of the fathers weighing the words and phrases of this panoramic charting of the Savior's journey from preexistence, to incarnation, to crucifixion, and triumphant exaltation as universal Lord.This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volumeopens a treasury of resources for biblical study today. The expository voices of Jerome, Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom, Ambrosiaster, Theodoret, Marius Victorinus, and Theodore of Mopsuestia speak again with eloquence and intellectual acumen, some in English translation for the first time.</p>

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About the Author

Volume editor Mark J. Edwards is tutor in theology at Christ Church, Oxford University. General editor Thomas C. Oden recently retired as the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at The Theological School, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. In addition to serving as general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, he is the author of many theological works, including a three-volume systematic theology.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830824936
• ISBN 13: 9780830824939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Edwards Mark J., Oden Thomas C.