Handbook of Patristic Exegesis: The Bible in Ancient Christianity

1531 Pages·2006·15.3 MB·english

by  Charles Kannengiesser

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HANDBOOK OF PATRISTIC EXEGESIS
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THE BIBLE IN ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY
General Editor
D. Jeff rey Bingham
Editorial Board
Robert L. Wilken • Brian E. Daley • Maureen A. Tilley
Robin M. Jensen • Frances M. Young • Christoph Markschies
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Handbook
of Patristic Exegesis
The Bible in Ancient
Christianity
by Charles Kannengiesser
with special contributions by various scholars
Volume I
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Handbook of patristic exegesis: the Bible in ancient Christianity / by Charles
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DISCIPVLAE MAGISTRAE VXORI DILECTISSIMAE
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CONTENTS
volume one
List of Special Contributions ix
Alphabetical List of Principal Authors
& Anonymous Works Discussed xi
Preface xv
Abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
Part A
General Considerations
I. Patristic Exegesis: Fift y Years of International Research 23
II. Judaism and Rhetorical Culture:
Two Foundational Contexts for Patristic Exegesis 115
III. Patristic Hermeneutics 165
IV. Patristic Exegesis of the Books of the Bible 271
Part B
Historical Survey
V. Th e Second Century 377
VI. Th ird-Century Greek Christian Literature 521
VII. Th ird-Century Latin Christian Literature 589
VIII. Mani and Manichaeism 647
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SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
David L. Balás and Patristic Exegesis of the Books of the Bible
D. Jeff rey Bingham (Chapter IV)
George C. Berthold Maximus Confessor: Th eologian of the Word
(Chapter X, Section VIII)
Th omas Böhm Allegory and History (Chapter III, Section II, in
Subsection II)
Th e Exegesis of Arius: Biblical Attitude and
Systematic Formation (Chapter IX, Section III,
Subsection II)
Pamela Bright Augustine: Th e Hermeneutics of Conversion
(Chapter XI, following Section XVII)
Norbert Brox Irenaeus and the Bible (Chapter V, Section IX,
following Subsection VI)
Sydney H. Griffi th Ephraem the Exegete: Biblical Commentary in
the Works of Ephraem the Syrian (Chapter XIII,
following Section III)
Jean-Noël Guinot Th eodoret of Cyrus (Chapter IX, Section XIX)
Pierre Jay Jerome (Chapter XI, Section XIII)
Stephan C. Kessler Gregory the Great (Chapter XII, Section XV)
Anne Pasquier Th e Valentinian Exegesis (Chapter V, Section
VIII, Subsection III)
Christoph Schäublin Th e Contribution of Rhetorics to Christian
Hermeneutics (Chapter II, Section IV)
Michael A. Signer and Rabbinic Literature (Chapter II, Section II)
Susan L. Graham
Manlio Simonetti Th eodore of Mopsuestia (Chapter IX, Section XI,
Subsection XI)
Albert Viciano Mani (Chapter VIII, Section I)
Hermann J. Vogt Origen of Alexandria (Chapter VI, Section III)
Robert L. Wilken Cyril of Alexandria (Chapter IX, Section XII)