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  • Commentaries on Genesis 1-3, By Severian of Gabala and Bede the Venerable
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    Commentaries on Genesis 1-3

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Severian of Gabala and Bede the Venerable
    Translated by Robert C. Hill and Carmen S. Hardin
    Edited by Michael Glerup

    The church fathers displayed considerable interest in the early chapters of Genesis, and often wrote detailed commentaries or preached series of homilies on the Hexameron--the Six Days of Creation--among them Eustathius of Antioch, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ambrose, John Chrysostom and Augustine.

    This volume of Ancient Christian Texts offers a first-time English ...

  • Homilies on Numbers, By Origen
    hardcover

    Homilies on Numbers

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Origen
    Translated by Thomas P. Scheck
    Edited by Christopher A. Hall

    Origen of Alexandria (185-254), one of the most prolific authors of antiquity and arguably the most important and influential pre-Nicene Christian theologian, was a man of deep learning and holiness of life. Regrettably, many of his works are no longer extant, in part due to the condemnation of his ideas by the Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553. The condemnation, however, took little account of his ...

  • Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets: Volume 1, By Jerome
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    Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets

    Volume 1

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Jerome
    Edited by Thomas P. Scheck

    Jerome (c. 347-419/20), one of the West's four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church's foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379, Jerome used ...

  • Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets: Volume 2, By Jerome
    hardcover

    Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets

    Volume 2

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Jerome
    Edited by Thomas P. Scheck

    Jerome (c. 347-419/20), one of the West's four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church's foremost translators, commentators, and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought this expertise to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379, ...

  • Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum), Edited by Thomas C. Oden
    hardcover

    Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum)

    Ancient Christian Texts

    Translated by James A. Kellerman
    Edited by Thomas C. Oden

    In the translator's introduction to this volume, James Kellerman relates the following story:

    As Thomas Aquinas was approaching Paris, a fellow traveler pointed out the lovely buildings gracing that city. Aquinas was impressed, to be sure, but he sighed and stated that he would rather have the complete Incomplete Commentary on Matthew than to be mayor of Paris itself.

    Thomas's ...

  • Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum), Edited by Thomas C. Oden
    hardcover

    Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum)

    Ancient Christian Texts

    Translated by James A. Kellerman
    Edited by Thomas C. Oden

    In the translator's introduction to this volume, James Kellerman relates the following story:

    As Thomas Aquinas was approaching Paris, a fellow traveler pointed out the lovely buildings gracing that city. Aquinas was impressed, to be sure, but he sighed and stated that he would rather have the complete Incomplete Commentary on Matthew than to be mayor of Paris itself.

    Thomas's ...

  • Psalms 51-150, Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
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    Psalms 51-150

    Volume 8

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger. The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them both ...

  • Psalms 51-150, Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
    hardcover

    Psalms 51-150

    Volume 8

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger.

    The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them ...

  • Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright, By N. T. Wright
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    Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright

    Edited by James M. Scott
    by N. T. Wright

    Few New Testament scholars of recent decades have set the pitch for academic discussion and debate in their field like N. T. Wright. His signature contention, that Israel's continuing exile was a pivotal issue in the emergence of Christianity, has found a central place in contemporary New Testament scholarship. Israel had grievously sinned against Yahweh and suffered the judgment of exile from ...

  • Diary of an Old Soul: Annotated Edition, By George MacDonald
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    Diary of an Old Soul

    Annotated Edition

    by George MacDonald
    With Timothy Larsen

    "Be thou the well by which I lie and rest;
    Be thou my tree of life, my garden ground;
    Be thou my home, my fire, my chamber blest,
    My book of wisdom, loved of all the best;
    Oh, be my friend, each day still newer found,
    As the eternal days and nights go round!
    Nay, nay—thou art my God, in whom all loves are bound!"

    In 1880, the prolific ...