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  • Matthew 14-28, Edited by Manlio Simonetti
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    Matthew 14-28

    Volume 1B

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators. The patristic commentary tradition on Matthew begins with Origen's pioneering twenty-five-volume commentary on the First Gospel in the mid-third century. In the Latin-speaking West, where commentaries did not appear until about a century later, the first commentary on Matthew was written by ...

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

    Volume 2

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

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

    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 sustained commentary 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 ...

  • John 1-10, Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
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    John 1-10

    Volume 4A

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Gospel of John was beloved by the early church, much as it is today, for its spiritual insight and clear declaration of Jesus' divinity. Clement of Alexandria indeed declared it the "spiritual Gospel." Early disputers with heretics such as Cerinthus and the Ebionites drew on the Gospel of John to refute their heretical notions and uphold the full deity of Christ, and this Gospel ...

  • Romans, Edited by Gerald Bray
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    Romans

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Book of the Year

    St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans.

    This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most representative ...

  • Hebrews, Edited by Erik M. Heen and Philip D. W. Krey
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    Hebrews

    Volume 10

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Erik M. Heen and Philip D. W. Krey
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Distinctive in form, content, and style, the epistle to the Hebrews offers a profound high Christology and makes an awe-inspiring contribution to our understanding of Jesus as our High Priest. The earliest extant commentary on the letter comes to us in thirty-four homilies from John Chrysostom. These homilies serve to anchor the excerpts chosen by the editors of this volume because ...

  • The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context, By John H. Walton
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    The Lost World of the Prophets

    Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context

    The Lost World Series

    by John H. Walton

    Being responsive to God is at the heart of prophecy. But readers of ancient prophecies and apocalyptic literature—including those in the Old Testament—can come away thoroughly perplexed. Are the prophets speaking about their own times, about our present, or about some still-unrealized future?

    It's common to study prophecy with a focus on the sole question of prediction and ...

  • Psalms 1-50, Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
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    Psalms 1-50

    Volume 7

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
    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
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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 ...

  • Revelation, Edited by William C. Weinrich
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    Revelation

    Volume 12

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by William C. Weinrich
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Revelation to John—with its vivid images and portraits of conflict leading up to the formation of a new heaven and a new earth—was widely read, even as it was variously interpreted in the early church. Approaches to its interpretation ranged from the millenarian approach of Victorinus of Petovium to the more symbolic interpretation of Tyconius, who read Revelation in the sense ...

  • Christian Spiritual Formation: An Integrated Approach for Personal and Relational Wholeness, By Diane J. Chandler
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    Christian Spiritual Formation

    An Integrated Approach for Personal and Relational Wholeness

    by Diane J. Chandler

    This comprehensive theory and practice of Christian spiritual formation weaves together biblical and theological foundations with interdisciplinary scholarship, real-world examples, personal vignettes, and practical tools to assist readers in becoming whole persons in relationship with God and others.