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  • Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, Edited by John R. Franke
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    Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel

    Volume 4

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John R Franke
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...

  • Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation, By Craig D. Allert
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    Early Christian Readings of Genesis One

    Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation

    BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity

    by Craig D. Allert

    Do the writings of the church fathers support a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1? Young earth creationists have maintained that they do. And it is sensible to look to the Fathers as a check against our modern biases.

    But before enlisting the Fathers as ammunition in our contemporary Christian debates over creation and evolution, some cautions are in order. Are we correctly representing ...

  • The First Testament: A New Translation, By John Goldingay
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    The First Testament

    A New Translation

    by John Goldingay

    Awash in a sea of Bible translations, do we need yet another?

    Most translations bend the text toward us. They make the rough places smooth, the odd bits more palatable to our modern sensibilities. In every translation something is gained and something lost.

    In The First Testament: A New Translation, John Goldingay interrupts our sleepy familiarity with the Old ...

  • James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
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    James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude

    Volume 11

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Award of Merit winner

    Because the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. Many of the Fathers saw in these letters anticipatory attacks on Marcion and strong defenses against the Arians. They did so quite naturally because in their ...