Reading the Old Testament in Antioch
Biographical note
Robert Charles Hill gained his early education and teaching qualifications in New Zealand and Australia, and his theological and biblical education in Rome (STD, LSS). After teaching at the Australian Catholic University and the University of Sydney, he is now an Honorary Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the former institution. In addition to his works on the Bible and theology, he has published English translations of all the Old Testament works of the Antioch Fathers, moving now to the Fathers of Alexandria.
Readership
Readers of the Bible, in particular the Old Testament, who are interested in the way the Bible has been interpreted and what it has to say on dogma, morality, spirituality, Christology. Students of the early Church.
Reviews
'Hill has provided a lucid and engaging introduction to the Old Testament commentaries […] a solid foundation on which future studies of the Antiochene tradition can build.'
David G.Hunter, Iowa State University.
'This volume will help student and scholar alike to reassess the Old Testament works of a significant and distinctive group of early Christian biblical commentators who have been sometimes undervalued or, more often, misrepresented'.
Pauline Allen, Australian Catholic University.
'C’est en réalité un panorama complet de l’exégèse antiochienne aux IVe et Ve siècles sur l’Ancien Testament que présente ici R. Hill […] les spécialistes à coup sûr en retireront un grand profit […] cette belle synthèse sur l’exégèse antiochienne de l’Ancien Testament est celle d’un excellent connaisseur.'
Jean-Noël Guinot, Institut des Sources Chrétiennes, Lyon.
David G.Hunter, Iowa State University.
'This volume will help student and scholar alike to reassess the Old Testament works of a significant and distinctive group of early Christian biblical commentators who have been sometimes undervalued or, more often, misrepresented'.
Pauline Allen, Australian Catholic University.
'C’est en réalité un panorama complet de l’exégèse antiochienne aux IVe et Ve siècles sur l’Ancien Testament que présente ici R. Hill […] les spécialistes à coup sûr en retireront un grand profit […] cette belle synthèse sur l’exégèse antiochienne de l’Ancien Testament est celle d’un excellent connaisseur.'
Jean-Noël Guinot, Institut des Sources Chrétiennes, Lyon.
€190.00$246.00
A Festschrift offered to Charles Kannengiesser on his 80th birthday, this volume contains twenty-five papers that address major issues pertaining to the reception and interpretation of the Bible in Christianity and Judaism of late antiquity.
€142.00$184.00
“What Did Ezekiel See?” demonstrates how patristic commentators, through careful attention to Ezekiel 1, its relation to other biblical books, and the emerging interpretive tradition, found this text to illuminate theological issues concerning the Bible’s unity, knowledge of God, and Christian ...
€132.00$171.00
Lauro discusses the theologian Origen’s employment of three distinct senses of scriptural meaning (pertaining to the body, soul, and spirit) within his exegetical theory and practice and demonstrates how they interrelate to facilitate his audience’s spiritual transformation.
€168.00$218.00
This study of uses of Scripture in the writings of Athanasius of Alexandria draws upon detailed textual observations to construct a coherent description of interpretive practices across the several genres in which this prominent fourth-century bishop wrote.
€171.00$222.00
Through this comprehensive Handbook, the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the first five centuries of Christianity.
This ...
€322.00$417.00
Through this comprehensive Handbook, the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the first five centuries of Christianity.
No additional information