Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Romans (Volume 6)

Gerald Bray and Thomas C. Oden (editors)

ISBN 10: 0830843582 / ISBN 13: 9780830843589

Published by IVP Academic, 2021

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This softcover book is in excellent, brand new, unread, unmarked condition. Here is the description: Romans (Volume 6) from the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series, edited by Gerald L. Bray and Thomas Oden. This volume serves as a comprehensive collection of early church fathers' commentaries and homilies on St. Paul's Letter to the Romans, a text often hailed as the "theological high-water mark" of the New Testament. It uniquely offers modern readers, pastors, and scholars access to insights from prominent Christian theologians like Origen and Ambrosiaster?including material previously unavailable in English translation?as well as renowned figures such as John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo. As part of an ecumenical project, this award-winning work bridges the gap between modern faith traditions and their shared ancient roots, providing a rare opportunity to encounter the exposition of the righteousness of God as understood by the great minds of the early church.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Romans (Volume 6)
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830843582
• ISBN 13: 9780830843589
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 1W x 7H x 10D inches 1 inches width by 7 inches height by 10 inches depth
• Weight: 643 grams

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Synopsis

Christianity Today Book of the Year

St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans.

This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most representative of patristic commentary and homily on Romans, and it brings to the public some valuable material that has hitherto been unavailable in English translation.

Outstanding among these commentators is "Ambrosiaster," the name given to the unknown Latin commentator of the late fourth century, whose enduring worth is evident to all who read him. And the extensive commentary by Origen, largely inaccessible to modern readers, is frequently and extensively presented here in English for the first time. These commentators are joined by great figures such as John Chrysostom of Constantinople, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Augustine of Hippo, Theodoret of Cyrus, and several lesser commentators such as Diodore of Tarsus and Didymus the Blind of Alexandria.

This commentary on Romans (now in its second edition) provides a rare opportunity to encounter the familiar Pauline exposition of the righteousness of God as it echoes in the great Christian minds and communities of the early church.

About the Authors

Gerald L. Bray (PhD, La Sorbonne) is a professor at Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and director of research at Latimer Trust. He has written and edited a number of books on different theological subjects, including Galatians, Ephesians in the Reformation Commentary on Scripture series, Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present, and The Doctrine of God. A priest of the Church of England, Bray has also edited the post-Reformation Anglican canons.

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 Classic Christianity, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology. His books also include The African Memory of Mark, Early Libyan Christianity, and How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind. He wasthe 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.