Treatises on Noah and David (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series) 9780813232393, 0813232392

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Introduction
Ambrose and the Three Treatises
Ambrose on Scripture: Allegory and Catechesis
On Noah
Ambrose and Spiritual Interpretation in On Noah
Date and Setting of On Noah
The Defenses of David
A Defense of the Prophet David to the Emperor Theodosius
Date and Setting of the Defense of the Prophet David
The Second Defense of David,
Text and Translation,
Treatises on Noah and David
On Noah
A Defense of the Prophet David to Theodosius Augustus
The Second Defense of David
Indicies
General Index
Index of Holy Scripture

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