The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria
Biographical note
James D. Ernest, Ph.D. (2000) in history of Christian life and thought (Theology), Boston College, is an editor at Baker Academic. He edited and translated C. Spicq, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (Hendrickson, 1994).
Readership
Theological libraries and scholars interested in the history of biblical interpretation, the development of early Christian doctrine and rhetoric, and the conflicts in the fourth-century church.
Reviews
'…constitutes an impressive monograph…covers key topics in a thorough and detailed manner…The book is well presented and deserves to feature prominently in the bibliography on Athanasius and patristic exegesis more generally.'
Hugh Houghton, Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing, University of Birmingham.
Hugh Houghton, Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing, University of Birmingham.
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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.
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