Commentaries on Galatians to Philemon: Ancient Christian Texts [ACT]
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Commentaries on Galatians to Philemon: Ancient Christian Texts [ACT]   -     Edited By: Gerald L. Bray, Thomas C. Oden
    By: Ambrosiaster

Commentaries on Galatians to Philemon: Ancient Christian Texts [ACT]

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Product Description

IVP, in their continued efforts to provide access to ancient Christian writing has expanded their series' Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and Ancient Christian Doctrine to include the more general rubric of Ancient Christian Texts. This allows IVP to specifically publish not only topical material, but selected outstanding Christian writings from the past. In this volume, we receive an anonymous 4th Century commentary on Galatians-Philemon for the first time in English. The anonymous author, dubbed "Ambrosiaster" by the great theologian Erasmus, has produced what is arguably the finest pre-Reformation commentary on Galatians-Philemon which constitutes the majority of works in the Pauline corpus. Features include an introduction on authorship, text, translation, and social and theological context of the 4th Century, as well as notes on ambiguous references, textual difficulties, and possible errors in Ambrosiaster's text.

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Title: Commentaries on Galatians to Philemon: Ancient Christian Texts [ACT]
By: Ambrosiaster
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 300
Vendor: IVP Academic
Publication Date: 2009
Dimensions: 10.00 X 7.00 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 4 ounces
ISBN: 0830829040
ISBN-13: 9780830829040
Series: Ancient Christian Texts
Stock No: WW829040

Publisher's Description

Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive. The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate Latin versions of Paul's epistles, are noteworthy in several respects. Ambrosiaster was a careful and thoughtful interpreter, who made little use of allegory, though he employed typology judiciously. Writing during the pontificate of Damasus (366-384), he is a witness to Nicene orthodoxy and frequently comments on themes related to the Trinity, the consubstantiality of the Son, the problem of the unbelief of the Jews and the nature of human sinfulness. He had a keen eye for moral issues and often offers comments that reflect his knowledge of how the church had changed from the time of the apostles to his own day. Here for the first time his commentaries on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon are made available in English, ably translated and edited by Gerald L. Bray.

Author Bio

Gerald L. Bray (Ph.D., University of Paris--Sorbonne) is director of research for The Latimer Trust in London and a research professor at Samford University. He is the editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volumes on Romans, 1-2 Corinthians and James--Jude as well as volume editor for We Believe in One God in the Ancient Christian Doctrine series.

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