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Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And some are seeking help in reading scripture from the early church fathers. But how and where do we begin? Our first encounter of reading scripture with the fathers may seem like visiting a far country and listening in on Bible study where the rules are different, the issues and conclusions not the same. 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. - Back cover.

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InterVarsity Press
Language
English
Pages
223

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Reading scripture with the church Fathers
1998, InterVarsity Press
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Table of 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

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and indexes.

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Downers Grove, Ill

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
270.1
Library of Congress
BS500 .H27 1998, BS500.H27 1998

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
223 p.
Number of pages
223
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

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OL362813M
Internet Archive
readingscripture0000hall
ISBN 10
0830815007
ISBN 13
9780830815005
LCCN
98023027
Library Thing
114879
Goodreads
550111

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