Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians

2nd Edition

New Testament Volume 8, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

Edited by Mark J. Edwards

(hardcover)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: xxvi + 318 pages
Size: 7 x 10 inches
Binding: hardcover
Published: December 2005

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2493-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2493-9
IVP Order Code: 2493

Related Subjects

Commentaries--New Testament
Patristics

Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety. The doctrines of Christ, of salvation and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, these letters offered profound visions seldom captured by modern eyes. Trinitarian truth was patterned in the apostle's praise of God who is "over all, through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:6).

Without a doubt, the greatest text in this collection of letters is the "Christ hymn" of Philippians 2:6-11. This commentary offers an unparalleled close-up view of the fathers weighing the words and phrases of this panoramic charting of the Savior's journey from preexistence, to incarnation, to crucifixion, to triumphant exaltation as universal Lord.

This volume opens a treasury of resources for biblical study today. The expository voices of Jerome, Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom, Ambrosiaster, Theodoret, Marius Victorinus and Theodore of Mopsuestia speak again with eloquence and intellectual acumen, some in English translation for the first time.

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