1-2 Kings 1-2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther: Volume 5 (Volume 5) (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)

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The church fathers as they did in earlier books dealing with Israels history from the time of Joshua to the united monarchy found ample material for typological and moral interpretation in 1-2 Kings 1-2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah and Esther. It will be immediately clear to readers of this volume that they gave much more attention to 1-2 Kings than to others; whether this was due to a certain repetitiveness in the story line or other reasons is unclear. But the narrativesof wise King Solomon the construction of the temple the prophets Elijah and Elisha and the fates of various faithful and unfaithful kings and other powerful people were well suited to their purposes. Among Greek commentators in this AncientChristian Commentary on Scripture volume readers will find Justin Martyr Clement of Alexandria Origen Methodius Eusebius of Caesarea Athanasius Cyril of Jerusalem Basil the Great Gregory of Nazianzus John Chrysostom Cyril of Alexandria Theodoret of Cyr Procopius of Gaza and John the Monk. Among Latin commentators are Tertullian Cyprian Novatian Lactantius Ambrose Jerome Prudentius Augustine Paulinus of Nola John Cassian Peter Chrysologus Maximus of Turin Salvian the Presbyter Fulgentius of Ruspe Caesarius of Arles Gregory the Great Bede and Rabanus Maurus. Syriac commentators include Aphrahat Ephrem Sahdona Isaac of Nineveh and Ishodad of Merv. Together they set before readers a table of delights and theological insights some of which are here available to English readers for the first time.