Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, NT Volume 8 [ACCS]

<p>Thomas C. Oden (1931–2016), was the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series as well as the author of <em>Classic Christianity</em>, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology. His books also include <em>The African Memory of Mark</em>, <em>Early Libyan Christianity</em>, and <em>How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind</em>. He was the director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University in Pennsylvania and he also served as the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at the Graduate School and The Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. </p>
<p>Mark J. Edwards is tutor in theology at Christ Church and university lecturer in patristics at the University of Oxford. Among his publications are <em>Neoplatonic Saints</em>, <em>Origen Against Plato</em>, <em>John Through the Centuries</em>, <em>Constantine and Christendom</em>, and <em>Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus</em>.</p>

<p>"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."</p><p><em>Bruce M. Metzger, professor emeritus of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary</em></p>
<p>"This volume continues the valuable exploration of patristic interpretation."</p><p><em>Mark Bilby, Religious Studies Review, September 2009</em></p>
<p>"A wealth of information for the classic Bible scholar."</p><p><em>Ravonne A. Green, American Reference Books Annual, 2006, Volume 37</em></p>
<p>"The Scriptures have been read with love and attention for nearly two thousand years, and listening to the voice of believers from previous centuries opens us to unexpected insight and deepened faith. Those who studied Scripture in the centuries closest to its writing, the centuries during and following persecution and martyrdom, speak with particular authority. The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture will bring to life the truth that we are invisibly surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses."</p><p><em>Frederica Mathewes-Green, commentator, National Public Radio</em></p>
<p>"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."</p><p><em>Haddon Robinson, Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary</em></p>
<p>"We speak abstractly in scholarly circles of the need to transcend looking at Christianity through the spectrum of modern presuppositions. This series, based on the commentaries of early Christians, gives us a concrete way to do this. It's a great idea."</p><p><em>Don S. Browning, Alexander Campbell Professor of Ethics and Social Sciences, The Divinity School, University of Chicago</em></p>
<p>"A 'must' for all theological libraries."</p><p><em>International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol. 55, 2008-2009</em></p>
<p>"There is no shortage of new books on the market and it may be a surprise to some to see IVP producing the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series. But, bearing in mind C. S. Lewis's admonition, 'It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between,' this series will fill a great need that many of us may not even be aware of--the need to read those who have gone before us."</p><p><em>D. Stuart Briscoe</em></p>
<p>"Contemporary Christians would do well to draw the hermeneutical circle broadly enough to include not only cross-cultural voices from around the world but also the voices to be found in the Ancient Christian Commentary series. This is an excellent sermon-preparation resource for pastors."</p><p><em>Christian Century, May 2, 2006</em></p>
<p>"Composed in the style of the great medieval <em>catenae,</em> this new anthology of patristic commentary on Holy Scripture, conveniently arranged by chapter and verse, will be a valuable resource for prayer, study and proclamation. By calling attention to the rich Christian heritage preceding the separations between East and West and between Protestant and Catholic, this series will perform a major service to the cause of ecumenism."</p><p><em>Avery Dulles, S. J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, Fordham University</em></p>