Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament XI. Isaiah 40 to 66

Mark W. Elliott & Thomas C. Oden

ISBN 10: 0830814817 / ISBN 13: 9780830814817

Published by Inter-Varsity Press, Illinois, 2009

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VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament XI. Isaiah 40 to 66 Summary: This volume gathers patristic commentary (2nd?8th centuries) on Isaiah 40?66, the so-called ?Book of Consolation.? The editors curate excerpts from Church Fathers (Greek, Latin, Syriac) and arrange them verse by verse, showing how early Christians read Isaiah christologically, ecclesiologically, and spiritually. Edited by: Mark W. Elliott General Editor: Thomas C. Oden Publisher: Intervarsity Press. Illinois Year Published: 2009 Edition: 2nd Edition Dimensions: 26cm x18cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780830814817 Notes: SKU: VSS / 254 / H / 6999 / 5343 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine Book condition: Near fine Binding: Intact Pages: 350 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament XI. Isaiah 40 to 66
• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press, Illinois
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830814817
• ISBN 13: 9780830814817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 1.2 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion, Beliefs, Spiritual.

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Synopsis

No book of the Old Testament is more frequently quoted in the New than Isaiah, and no portion of Isaiah is more frequently quoted in the New than the typologically fertile soil of Isaiah 40–66. Still, as interpreted by the fathers, Isaiah presents a message that is far more soteriological than christological, leading readers to a deeper understanding of God's judgment and salvation. Isaiah 40–66 provides us with the closest thing the Old Testament has to offer regarding a systematic theology.

The excerpts included in this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume offer us a rich array of differing styles, principles, and theological emphases, from Theodoret of Cyr to Eusebius and Procopius, to Cyril of Alexandria, Jerome and Augustine. Readers will be enriched by the wide-ranging selections, some of which are translated here into English for the first time.

About the Authors

<p>Mark W. Elliott (PhD, Cambridge) is a teaching fellow in church history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is the author of <em>Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381-451</em> and the editor of <em>The Dynamics of Human Life</em> and (with Kent Brower) <em>Eschatology in Bible and Theology</em>.</p>

<p>Thomas C. Oden (1931–2016), was the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series as well as the author of <em>Classic Christianity</em>, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology. His books also include <em>The African Memory of Mark</em>, <em>Early Libyan Christianity</em>, and <em>How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind</em>. He was the director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University in Pennsylvania and he also served as the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at the Graduate School and The Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. </p>