Reading scripture with the church Fathers /
Christopher A. Hall.
- 223 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-217) and indexes.
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.
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Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.