Genesis 12-50
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
spritual significance of the patriarchal narrative for Christian
believers. The Alexandrian school especially followed Paul's allegorical
use of the story of Sarah and Hagar as they interpreted the Gensis
accounts. The Antiochene school eschewed allegorical interpretation but
still set about to find moral lessons in the ancient narrative. For all
of them the events pointed toward the promises of the age to come, the
new age revealed in the resurrection of Jesus.Among the principal
Greek-speaking commentators included within this volume, readers will
find Origen, Didymus the Blind, John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria.
Among the Latin-speaking interpreters they will find Ambrose of Milan,
Augusstine of Hippo, Caesarius of Arles and Bede the Venerable. Ephrem
the Syrian is the most commonly cited Syriac-speaking interpreter, while
the fifth-centuryCatena on Genesisprovides access to such fathers as
Eusebius of Caesarea, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of
Nyssa, Didymus of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Salamis, Irenaeus of Lyons,
Eusebius of Emesa, Severian of Gabala and Theodore of Mopsuestia among
others.Varied in texture and nuance, the interpreters cited provide a
wealth of ancient wisdom, some appearing here in English translation for
the first time, to stimulate the mind and nourish the soul of the
church today.
No such file, I fear.
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