Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians

Volume 8

Mark J. Edwards, Thomas C. Oden, Mark J. Edwards, Thomas C. Oden

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9780830897506
• Edition: 2
• Subtopic: Biblical Reference

Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety. The doctrines of Christ, of salvation, and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, these letters offered profound visions seldom captured by modern eyes. Trinitarian truth was patterned in the apostle's praise of God who is "over all, through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:6).Without a doubt the greatest text in this collection of letters is the "Christ hymn" of Philippians 2:6-11. This commentary offers an unparalleled close-up view of the fathers weighing the words and phrases of this panoramic charting of the Savior's journey from preexistence, to incarnation, to crucifixion, and triumphant exaltation as universal Lord.This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume opens a treasury of resources for biblical study today. The expository voices of Jerome, Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom, Ambrosiaster, Theodoret, Marius Victorinus, and Theodore of Mopsuestia speak again with eloquence and intellectual acumen, some in English translation for the first time.

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General Introduction

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Students of the Talmud will easily recognize this pattern of organization. The Talmud is a collection of rabbinic arguments, discussions and comments on the Mishnah, the first Jewish code of laws after the Bible, and the Gemara, an elaboration of the Mishnah. The study of Talmud is its own end and reward. In the Talmud every subject pertaining to Torah is worthy of consideration and analysis. As the Talmud is a vast repository of Jewish wisdom emerging out of revealed Scripture, so are the Fathers the repository of Christian wisdom emerging out of revealed Scripture. The Talmud originated largely from the same period as the patristic writers, often using analogous methods of interpretation. In the Talmud the texts of the Mishnah are accompanied by direct quotations...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Project Research Team
• Contents
• Publisher’s Note Regarding This Digital Edition
• General Introduction
• A Guide to Using This Commentary
• Abbreviations
• Introduction to Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians
• The Epistle to the Galatians
• The Epistle to the Ephesians
• The Epistle to the Philippians
• Appendix: Early Christian Writers and the Documents Cited
• Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Period
• Biographical Sketches
• Bibliography
• Authors/Writings Index
• Subject Index
• Scripture Index
• Notes
• Praise for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
• About the Editor
• Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
• More Titles from InterVarsity Press
• Copyright Page