Old Testament III: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Overview
Among Greek-speaking interpreters, the current volume draws widely on John Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoret of Cyr and John of Damascus. Among Latin-speaking interpreters, quotations from Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Peterius, Caesarius of Arles, Cassiodorus and Isidore are found in abundance. Ephrem and Aphrahat are represented among Syriac speakers. Numerous other interpreters are present from each grouping.
Top Highlights
“For when evil becomes our delight and good the opposite, we ought to entreat God to win us back to the love of the good rather than to grant us the evil.” (Page 216)
“Behold, there is a rock, and it contains water. However, unless this rock is struck, it does not have any water at all. But when it has been struck, it produces fountains and rivers, as we read in the Gospel: ‘He who believes in me, from within him there shall flow rivers of living water.’6 When Christ was struck on the cross, he brought forth the fountains of the New Testament. Therefore it was necessary for him to be pierced. If he had not been struck, so that water and blood flowed from his side, the whole world would have perished through suffering thirst for the word of God.” (Page 90)
“If one does not love God with all his heart and with all his soul, how can he care wholesomely and guilelessly for the love of his brothers, since he is not fulfilling the love of the One on whose account he has a care for the love of his brothers? The person in this condition, who has not given his whole soul to God and has not participated in his love, the craftsman of evil finds disarmed and easily overpowers. On the Christian Mode of Life.” (Page 284)
“He who gazes steadfastly at the splendor and graces of it receives some share from it, as if from an immersion, tinging his own face with a sort of brilliant radiance.” (Page 156)
“no more than two of these entered the Promised Land” (Page 85)
- Title: Old Testament III: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
- Authors: Joseph T. Lienhard, Ronnie J. Rombs, Thomas C. Oden
- Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Rev.)
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2001
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Era: era:nicene
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Deuteronomy › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Exodus › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Leviticus › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Numbers › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780830897285, 0830814736, 0830897283, 9780830814732
- Resource ID: LLS:ACCSREVOT03
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:05:08Z