| Description |
223 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Why read the Fathers? -- The modern mind & biblical interpretation -- Who are the Fathers? -- The four doctors of the East : Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil the Great & John Chrysostom -- The four doctors of the West : Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine & Gregory the Great -- The Fathers & scripture : exegesis at Alexandria -- The Fathers & scripture : the response of Antioch -- Making sense of patristic exegesis. |
| Summary |
In Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, Christopher Hall introduces us to the fathers, their world, and the sights and sounds they perceive in the Bible. As Hall points out, the fathers hear music in Scripture where we remain tone-deaf. Despite their occasional eccentricities, theirs is a hearing refined through long listening to the music of Scripture in song, worship, teaching, meditation and oral reading. And like true masters they challenge and correct our modern assumptions as they invite us to tune our ears to hear the divine melodies. |
| Subject |
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Fathers of the church.
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Bible. (OCoLC)fst01356024
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Fathers of the church. (OCoLC)fst00921916
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Kerkvaders.
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Hermeneutiek.
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| Chronological Term |
30 - 600
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0830815007 (pbk. alkaline paper) |
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9780830815005 (pbk. alkaline paper) |
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