Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers 9780830876648, 9780830815005

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English Pages 225 Year 1998

Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
9780830876648, 9780830815005

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Christopher A. Hall

Table of contents :
Preface
1. Why Read the Fathers?
2. The Modern Mind Biblical Interpretation
3. Who Are the Fathers?
4. The Four Doctors of the East: Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil the Great John Chrysostom
5. The Four Doctors of the West: Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine Gregory the Great
6. The Fathers Scripture: Exegesis at Alexandria
7. The Fathers Scripture: The Response of Antioch
8. Making Sense of Patristic Exegesis

Notes

General Index

Index of Biblical Texts

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