Introduction and Biographic Information (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture | ACCS)
Overview
This resource comprises the “General Introduction,” the “Biographic Sketches” and the “Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Period,” which are found in all of the print volumes of the ACCS. In the interest of economy, these have been removed from the electronic volumes and grouped together to form this volume in the digital ACCS series. Each individual ACCS volume’s table of contents links to the contents of this resource.
Top Highlights
“The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture has three goals:the renewal of Christian preaching based on classical Christian exegesis, the intensified study of Scripture by lay persons who wish to think with the early church about the canonical text, and the stimulation of Christian historical, biblical, theological and pastoral scholarship toward further inquiry into the scriptural interpretations of the ancient Christian writers.” (source)
“The patristic period, the time of the fathers of the church, spans the era from Clement of Rome (fl. c. 95) to John of Damascus (c. 645-c. 749). The commentary thus covers seven centuries of biblical interpretation, from the end of the New Testament to the mid-eighth century, including the Venerable Bede.” (source)
“This series stands unapologetically as a practical homiletic and devotional guide to the earliest layers of classic Christian readings of biblical texts. It intends to be a brief compendium of reflections on particular Septuagint, Old Latin and New Testament texts by their earliest Christian interpreters. Hence it is not a commentary by modern standards, but it is a commentary by the standards of those who anteceded and formed the basis of the modern commentary.” (source)
“It is partly because the evangelical tradition has been long deprived of any vital contact with these patristic sources since the days of Luther, Calvin and Wesley, who knew them well.” (source)
“the assumption that the Christian canon is to be respected as the church’s sacred text.” (source)
- Title: Introduction and Biographic Information (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture | ACCS)
- Author: InterVarsity Press
- Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Rev.)
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:ACCSREVGEN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:04:51Z