A genuine renaissance is presently underway in the study of
biblical interpretation and biblical culture in the early Christian
age. The profundity and complexity of the early Christians
engagement with Holy Scripture, in theology, in ecclesial and
liturgical life, in ethics, and in ascetic and devotional life, are
providing a rich resource for contemporary discussions of the
Bible's ongoing "afterlife" within ecumenical Christian communities
and contexts.
The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity is a collection of
wide-ranging essays on the influence of the Bible in numerous and
varied aspects of the life of the Greek-speaking churches during
the first four centuries. Essays appear under the general themes of
(I) The Bible as a Foundation of Christianity; (II) The Bible in
Use among the Greek Church Fathers; (III) The Bible in Early
Christian Doctrinal Controversy; (IV) The Bible and Religious
Devotion in the Early Greek Church. Individual essays probe topics
as diverse as the use of the Bible in early Christian preaching and
catechesis, appeals to Scripture in the conflicts between Jews and
Christians, pagan use of Scripture against the Church, and the
Bible's influence in early Christian art, martyrology, liturgical
reading, pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and ascetical life.
Much of the volume constitutes a translation, revision, and
adaptation of essays originally presented in the French volume Le
monde grec ancien et la Bible (1984), Volume 1 of the series Bible
de Tousles Temps. Four new studies appear, however, including an
introductory essay on Origen of Alexandria as a guide to the
biblical reader, and two essays on the biblical culture of early
Eastern Christianmonasticism.
The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity comes as an international
project, the work of French, Swiss, Australian, and now Canadian
and American scholars. It will be useful to students of early
Christianity and the history of biblical interpretation, and will
also serve as a useful introduction to the many dimensions of the
reception of the Bible in the early Church.
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