Reading the Old Testament in Antioch / / Robert C. Hill.
In the period between the councils of Nicea and Chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, the faithful in the churches of the ecclesiastical district of Antioch were the beneficiaries of the ministry of the Word from distinguished pastors. Included in this ministry were homilies on the Old Testam...
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Superior document: | The Bible in Ancient Christianity ; 5 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2005. |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Bible in Ancient Christianity ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Summary: | In the period between the councils of Nicea and Chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, the faithful in the churches of the ecclesiastical district of Antioch were the beneficiaries of the ministry of the Word from distinguished pastors. Included in this ministry were homilies on the Old Testament by John Chrysostom and written commentaries by his mentor Diodore and his fellow student Theodore, and later by Theodoret. Though the biblical text was admittedly Jewish in origin, "the text and the meaning are ours," claimed Chrysostom; and the great bulk of extant remains reveals the pastoral priority given to this often obscure material. Students and exegetes of the Old Testament and its individual authors and books will be introduced here to Antioch¹s distinctive approach and interpretation by commentators reading their local form of the Greek Bible. In the course of this survey, readers will gain an insight also into Antioch¹s worldview and its approach to the person of Jesus, to soteriology, morality and spirituality. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1280868554 9786610868551 1429427426 9047408071 143370594X |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert C. Hill. |