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  • Commentaries on Galatians--Philemon, By Ambrosiaster
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    Commentaries on Galatians--Philemon

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Ambrosiaster
    Edited and Translated by Gerald Bray

    Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.

    The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate ...

  • 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Edited by Marco Conti
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    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 12-50, Edited by Mark Sheridan
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    Genesis 12-50

    Volume 2

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Mark Sheridan
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Genesis 12–50 recounts the history of the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. 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 ...

  • Genesis 12-50, Edited by Mark Sheridan
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    Genesis 12-50

    Volume 2

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Mark Sheridan
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Genesis 12–50 recounts the history of the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. 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 ...

  • Mark, Edited by Christopher A. Hall and Thomas C. Oden
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    Mark

    Volume 2

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Christopher A. Hall
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Book Award Winner

    The early church valued the Gospel of Mark for its preservation of the apostolic voice and gospel narrative of Peter. Yet the early church fathers very rarely produced sustainedcommentary on Mark. This brisk-paced and robust little Gospel, so much enjoyed by modern readers, was overshadowed in the minds of the fathers by the magisterial ...

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

  • Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians, By Kenneth E. Bailey
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    Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes

    Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians

    by Kenneth E. Bailey

    Christianity Today Book Award winner

    Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, steeped in the learning of his people.

    But he was also a Roman citizen who widely traveled the Mediterranean basin, andwas very knowledgeable of the dominant Greek and Roman culture of his day. These two mighty rivers of influence converge in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.

    With ...

  • The Message of 1 Corinthians, By David Prior
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    The Message of 1 Corinthians

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by David Prior

    The ancient city of Corinth was well-known for its prosperity, diversity—and debauchery. Any church planted there was bound to have problems. Indeed, snobbishness, divisiveness, insensitivity, doctrinal looseness, and overexuberance were all too common in the Corinthian church. When the apostle Paul heard about these difficulties, he was grieved because he had founded the church ...

  • Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality, Edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality, Edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand
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    Beauty, Order, and Mystery

    A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality

    Center for Pastor Theologians Series

    Edited by Todd A Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand

    Humans are sexual creatures.

    Our sexuality can be a beautiful and mysterious expression of what it means to be human. But it can also become distorted and sinful.

    Perhaps no issue is as urgent for the church today, orconfronts it with as many questions, as human sexuality: What does it mean to fulfill God’s will through our sexuality? ...

  • The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate, By John H. Walton
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    The Lost World of Adam and Eve

    Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate

    The Lost World Series

    by John H. Walton
    Contributions by N. T. Wright

    Christianity Today Biblical Studies Award of Merit

    For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously the authority of Scripture, insisting on a "literal" understanding ...