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Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation

Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 2021
EARLY CHRISTIAN READINGS OF GENESIS ONE: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation by Craig D. Allert. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018. 329 pages. Paperback; $38.00. ISBN: 9780830852017. *This volume is part of the Biologos Books on Science and Christianity series.
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Matthew 27:51 in Early Christian Exegesis

Harvard Theological Review, 1986
This article deals with Matthew's account of the rending of the temple veil. Matt 27:51 will be interpreted in its context: in vss 51–53 the incident is one of several taking place between Jesus' death and the centurion's confession. At the same time the verse under discussion will be considered against the background of the interpretations in early ...
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"Let Him Guard Pietas ": Early Christian Exegesis and the Ascetic Family

Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2003
Often those Church Fathers most concerned to press the new ascetic elitism of the fourth and fifth centuries might also produce surprisingly "profamily" interpretations of biblical texts that otherwise supported an ascetic agenda. Through analysis of patristic interpretation of Luke 14.26 (an arguably "anti-family" passage of the New Testament), this ...
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In novissimis diebus : Biblical Promises, Jewish Hopes and Early Christian Exegesis

Journal of Early Christian Studies, 1993
The phrase "in these last days" ( novissimis diebus ) occurs in Isaiah 2 and Micah 4. This article discusses how this expression was interpreted in early Christian commentaries on Isaiah and Micah. It shows that the Christian interpretation of Isaiah 2 and Micah 4 is best seen in the context of a rival Jewish understanding of the text. Jews interpreted
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Asceticism and Exegesis in Early Christianity

2013
From the beginning, many of the early Christian communities led an ascetic lifestyle, although a good number of New Testament texts do not seem suitable for justifying radical ascetic and encratite practice. The question thus arises how the different forms of asceticism could be justified on the basis of those scriptures.
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The Use of the Septuagint Job in the New Testament and Early Christian Exegesis

Salesianum, 2014
Questo contributo esamina l’uso della versione LXX del libro di Giobbe nel Nuovo Testamento ed in alcuni dei primi autori cristiani. La prima parte descrive brevemente come il mistero della sofferenza e la dottrina della retribuzione dell’Antico Testamento sono riletti nel Nuovo Testamento alla luce della Passione di Cristo. Esamina il riferimento alla
Gillian Bonney, Mario Cimosa
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Biblical Exegesis and the Jewish-Christian Controversy in the Early Twelfth Century

Church History, 1989
In the prologue to his commentary on Leviticus composed in the mid- twelfth century, the reformist abbot Ralph of Flaix noted with anxiety the effect on his monks of Jewish argumentation against Christian exegesis of the Old Testament:
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Patristic and Early Christian Biblical Exegesis: A New Tool for Historians, Theologians, and Philosophers

Modern Theology, 2020
AbstractThe Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation (2019) should be viewed as a definitive new tool for understanding the contextual concerns, literary genres, and shifting ideological principles that generated Early Christian biblical exegesis. This review essay explains why the new Handbook is distinct among tools of its kind, and
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Mapping the New Testament. Early Christian Writings as a Witness for Jewish Biblical Exegesis

Bijdragen, 2009
Mapping the New Testament.
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