Handbook of patristic exegesis : : the Bible in ancient Christianity. / Volumes 1 & 2 / by Charles Kannengiesser ; with special contributions by various scholars.

• Superior document: The Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 1
• Place / Publishing House: Brill Academic Publishers
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 1-2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1542 p. 2 volumes))
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Table of Contents

Intro -- Special Contributions -- Alphabetical List of Principal Authors &amp -- Anonymous Works Discussed -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Volume I -- Contents -- Part A: General Considerations -- I. Patristic Exegesis: Fifty Years of International Research -- II. Judaism and Rhetorical Culture: Two Foundational Contexts for Patristic Exegesis -- III. Patristic Hermeneutics -- IV. Patristic Exegesis of the Books of the Bible -- Part B: Historical Survey -- V. The Second Century -- VI. Third-Century Greek Christian Literature -- VII. Third-Century Latin Christian Literature -- VIII. Mani (216&amp -- #8211 -- 276) and Manichaeism -- Volume II -- Contents -- IX. The Fourth- and Fifth-Century Greek Christian Literature -- X. The Sixth- to Eighth-Century Greek Christian Literature -- XI. Fourth- and Fifth-Century Latin Christian Literature -- XII. Sixth- and Seventh-Century Latin Christian Literature -- XIII. Syriac Christian Literature -- XIV. Patristic Exegesis in Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, and Ethiopian Christian Literature -- Epilogue: A Voice from the "Ends of the Earth:" The Venerable Bede's Use of Scripture -- Index of Names for the Introduction and Part A.