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Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Hardcover, 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.
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“The conspectus of patristic exposition that this series offers has been badly needed for several centuries, and the whole Christian world should unite to thank those who are undertaking to fill the gap. For the ongoing ecumenical conversation, and the accurate appreciation of early Christian thought, and the current hermeneutical debate as well, the Ancient Christian Commentary will prove itself to be a really indispensable resource.”
J. I. Packer
Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College
“This new, but old, commentary takes us out of the small, closed-minded world in which much modern biblical scholarship is done into an earlier time marked by a Christian seriousness, by robust inquiry, and by believing faith. This commentary is a fresh breeze blowing in our empty, postmodern world.”
David F. Wells
Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
“The initial cry of the Reformation was ad fontes--back to the sources! The Ancient Christian Commentary Series is a marvelous tool for the recovery of biblical wisdom in today's church. Not just another scholarly project, the ACCS is a major source for the renewal of preaching, theology and Christian devotion.”
Timothy George
dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
“Modern church members often do not realize that they are participants in the vast company of the communion of saints that reaches far back into the past and that will continue into the future, until the kingdom comes. This commentary should help them begin to see themselves as participants in that redeemed community.”
Elizabeth Achtemeier
Union Professor Emerita of Bible and Homiletics, Union Theological Seminary
“Chronological snobbery--the assumption that our ancestors working without benefit of computers have nothing to teach us--is exposed as nonsense by this magnificent new series. Surfeited with knowledge but starved of wisdom, many of us are more than ready to sit at table with our ancestors and listen to their holy conversations on Scripture. I know I am.”
Eugene H. Peterson
James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology, Regent College
“All who are interested in the interpretation of the Bible will welcome the forthcoming multivolume series Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Here the insights of scores of early church fathers will be assembled and made readily available for significant passages throughout the Bible and the Apocrypha. It is hard to think of a more worthy ecumenical project to be undertaken by InterVarsity Press.”
Bruce M. Metzger
professor emeritus of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary
“For those who think that church history began around 1941, when their pastor was born, this commentary will be a great surprise. Christians throughout the centuries have read the biblical text and nursed their spirits with it and then applied it to their lives. These commentaries reflect that the witness of the Holy Spirit was present in his church throughout the centuries. As a result, we can profit by allowing the ancient Christians to speak to us today.”
Haddon Robinson
Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
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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
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