Showing 1961 - 1970 of 3705 results

  • 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Edited by Marco Conti
    hardcover

    1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

    Volume 5

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Marco Conti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The church fathers, as they did in earlier books dealing with Israel's history from the time of Joshua to the united monarchy, found ample material for typological and moral interpretation in 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. It will be immediately clear to readers of this volume that they gave much more attention to 1-2 Kings than to others; whether this was ...

  • 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Edited by Marco Conti
    paperback

    1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

    Volume 5

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Marco Conti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The church fathers, as they did in earlier books dealing with Israel's history from the time of Joshua to the united monarchy, found ample material for typological and moral interpretation in 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. It will be immediately clear to readers of this volume that they gave much more attention to 1-2 Kings than to others; whether this was ...

  • Genesis 1-11, Edited by Andrew Louth
    hardcover

    Genesis 1-11

    Volume 1

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Andrew Louth
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The rich tapestry of the creation narrative in the early chapters of Genesis proved irresistible to the thoughtful, reflective minds of the church fathers. Within them they found the beginning threads from which to weave a theology of creation, Fall, and redemption. Following their mentor the apostle Paul, they explored the profound significance of Adam as a type of Christ, the ...

  • Genesis 1-11, Edited by Andrew Louth
    paperback

    Genesis 1-11

    Volume 1

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Andrew Louth
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The rich tapestry of the creation narrative in the early chapters of Genesis proved irresistible to the thoughtful, reflective minds of the church fathers. Within them they found the beginning threads from which to weave a theology of creation, Fall, and redemption. Following their mentor the apostle Paul, they explored the profound significance of Adam as a type of Christ, the ...

  • The Message of Leviticus: Free to Be Holy, By Derek Tidball
    paperback

    The Message of Leviticus

    Free to Be Holy

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Derek Tidball

    For many Christians, the book of Leviticus is largely unknown and unread. Yet this book is crucial for understanding the rest of the Bible and the nature of the gospel. In this Bible Speaks Today volume, Derek Tidball shows how this vital part of Scripture is of foundational importance for our view of God and Christian living. Revealing the original message to the people of Israel ...

  • Job, Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
    hardcover

    Job

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with the problem of evil and the silence of God has intrigued a wide gamut of readers both religious and nonreligious.

    Surprisingly, the earliest church fathers showed little interest in the book of Job. Not until Origen in the early third century is ...

  • Job, Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
    paperback

    Job

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with the problem of evil and the silence of God has intrigued a wide gamut of readers both religious and nonreligious. Surprisingly, the earliest church fathers showed little interest in the book of Job. Not until Origen in the early third century is there ...

  • Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Edited by J. Robert Wright
    hardcover

    Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

    Volume 9

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Robert Wright
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Among the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...

  • Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Edited by J. Robert Wright
    paperback

    Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

    Volume 9

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Robert Wright
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Among the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...

  • Jeremiah, Lamentations, Edited by Dean O. Wenthe
    hardcover

    Jeremiah, Lamentations

    Volume 12

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Dean O. Wenthe
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, prophesied for four decades under the last five kings of Judah—from 627 to 587 B.C. His mission: a call to repentance. Among the apostolic fathers, Jeremiah was rarely cited, but several later authors give prominent attention to him, including Origen, Theodoret of Cyr, and Jerome, who wrote individual commentaries on Jeremiah, and Cyril of Alexandria ...