Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (29 Volumes)

Volumes in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) offer you the opportunity to study for yourself key writings of the early church fathers. Arranged canonically and employing the RSV, each volume allows the living voices of the church in its formative centuries to speak as they engage the sacred page of Scripture.

The ACCS is a postcritical revival of the early commentary tradition known as the glossa ordinaria, a text artfully elaborated with ancient and authoritative reflections and insights. 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.

An ecumenical project, the ACCS promotes a vital link of communication between the varied Christian traditions of today and their common ancient ancestors in the faith. On this shared ground we listen as leading pastoral theologians of six centuries gather around the text of Scripture and offer their best theological, spiritual, and pastoral insights.

Titles Included in This Set

• Genesis 1-11, Edited by Andrew Louth
• Genesis 12-50, Edited by Mark Sheridan
• Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
• Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, Edited by John R. Franke
• 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Edited by Marco Conti
• Job, Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
• Psalms 1-50, Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
• Psalms 51-150, Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
• Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Edited by J. Robert Wright
• Isaiah 1-39, Edited by Steven A. McKinion
• Isaiah 40-66, Edited by Mark W. Elliott
• Jeremiah, Lamentations, Edited by Dean O. Wenthe
• Ezekiel, Daniel, Edited by Kenneth Stevenson and Michael Glerup
• The Twelve Prophets, Edited by Alberto Ferreiro
• Apocrypha ,Edited by Sever J. Voicu
• Matthew 1-13, Edited by Manlio Simonetti
• Matthew 14-28, Edited by Manlio Simonetti
• Mark, Edited by Thomas C. Oden and Christopher A. Hall
• Luke, Edited by Arthur Just Jr.
• John 1-10, Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
• John 11-21, Edited by Joel C. Elowsky
• Acts, Edited by Francis Martin
• Romans, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
• 1-2 Corinthians, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
• Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Edited by Mark J. Edwards
• Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Edited by Peter J. Gorday
• Hebrews, Edited by Erik M. Heen and Philip D. W. Krey
• James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
• Revelation, Edited by William C. Weinrich

Thomas C. Oden (1931–2016), was a pioneering theologian and served as the architect and general editor for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, the first full-scale early Christian commentary on Scripture in the last five hundred years. He was also the general editor of the Ancient Christian Doctrine series and the Ancient Christian devotionals, as well as a consulting editor for the Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity.