1-2 Corinthians

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture #7

by Gerald L. Bray (Editor)

"The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture does what very few of today's students of the Bible could do for themselves. With the aid of computer technology, the vast array of writings from the church fathers - including much that is available only in the ancient languages - have been combed for their comment on Scripture. From these results, scholars with a deep knowledge of the fathers and a heart for the church have hand-selected material for each volume, shaping, annotating and introducing it to today's readers. Each portion of commentary has been chosen for its salient insight, its rhetorical power and its faithful representation of the consensual exegesis of the early church."--BOOK JACKET.

Genres: Reference, Theology, Biblical Studies, Christian, New Testament

348 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

Gerald L. Bray (Ph.D., University of Paris--Sorbonne) is director of research for the Latimer Trust, based in London, and a research professor at Samford University, teaching in the Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. A priest of the Church of England, Bray has also edited the post-Reformation Anglican canons. He has edited several volumes of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and Ancient Christian Texts, as well as volume one of the Ancient Christian Doctrine series, all for IVP Academic. General EditorTimothy George (Th.D., Harvard University) is a renowned Reformation historian and author of Theology of the Reformers, as well as many other theological and historical works. He is founding dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and an executive editor of Christianity Today.

Reviews

[Diana Kullman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ACCS series are a great resource of the church fathers. I read them following the "Bible in a year" podcast from Ascension Press if I have the volume with corresponding scriptures. Excellent.

[Nathan White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful, useful. Some of the quotes from the Father's (especially Augustine) were very good. Not very exegetical or theological though.

[Frank Peters · Rating 2 out of 5]

The series is a good resource, but the editors seem to be constrained to only allow through statements from the fathers that are consistent with a modern conservative interpretation. I have found much more radical statements in my own reading of the fathers that have not ended up in this series.

[Jonathan]

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