Fathers on the Bible

This book offers an overview of how the Church Fathers used and intepretated biblical texts.

List of contents

Preface
Nicu Dumiträcu
1 St. Athanasius of Alexandria on the Interpretation of the Psalms
John Anthony McGuckin
2 Psalmody in the Hesychastic Tradition
Krzysztof Lesniewski
3 How the Latin Christians Started to Read the Book of Isaiah
Anni Maria Laato
4 The Fathers on the Third Temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4:8-11
Hector Scerry
5 Defending the Scriptural Legitimacy of Ousia Language: St. Athanasius and Basil of Ancyra
Gheorghe Ovidiu Sferlea
6 Questioning St. Gregory of Nyssa's Anthropology and Theory of Sexuality in On the Making of Man
Florin Toader Tomoioag¿
7 Philo and Ambrose on Genesis 25 as Slavery in Passions
Victor Yudin
8 Wealth and Power: A Personal Meditation on Luke 18:18-25 {With Short Pastoral and Patristic Comments}
Nicu Dumiträcu
9 "Love Whoever Hates You and Persecutes You" The Reception of the Mount Sermon in a Fourth-Century Anonymous Work
Pablo Argárate
10 Theological Principles in the Formation of the Biblical Canon According to Athanasius' Thirty Ninth Paschal Letter
Gunnar af Hällström
11 Augustine's Approach to Scriptural Interpretation
Carl Séan O'Brien
12 The Doctrine of Love in Saint's Gregory the Great Commentaries on the Song of Songs
Adina Voichi¿a Rosu
13 The Configuration of Ethos in Gregory of Nazianzus's First Theological Oration
Anca Tomoioag¿
14 The Contribution of St. John Chrysostom to the Understanding of Pauline Hamartiology
¿tefan Florea
15 Between Sacrament and Vocation: Augustine's Biblical Teaching on Marriage and Its Influence on Luther's Theology
Piotr Kopiec

About the author

Nicu Dumiträcu is Professor of Patristics, Mission and Ecumenism in the Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Episcop Dr. Vasile Coman" at the University of Oradea, Romania. His previous book with Routledge is Basil the Great: Faith, Mission and Diplomacy in the Shaping of Christian Doctrine (2018).

Summary

This book offers an overview of how the Church Fathers used and intepretated biblical texts.

Product details

• Authors: Nicu Dumitrascu
• Assisted by: Nicu Dumitraşcu (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032226613
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222661-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Bibles, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis