{"product_id":"apocrypha-volume-15-volume-15-ancient-christian-commentary-on-scripture-9780830814855","title":"Apocrypha: Volume 15 (Volume 15) (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the canonical status of the Greek and Latin Old Testament texts commented on within this volume has been understood differently within Protestant  Roman Catholic  and Orthodox traditions  their longstanding use within the Christian churches makes them worthy of careful study and reflection. As noted in the Anglican Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion  Jerome says that the church reads the Apocrypha \"for example of life and instruction of manners.\" As a result their influence extends well beyond ecclesiastical use to literature  hymnody  music  and art. Their questioned authority has nevertheless affected the choice of books included here  not by a priori judgment but by the paucity of comment from which to choose. None of the early fathers dedicated commentaries to these texts as a whole. Despite the length of 1 and 2 Maccabees and the model they presented for Christian martyrdom  they were rarely cited or commented on. The Wisdom books received the most comment and are those best represented here. In particular  readers will find ample comment on Tobit  Wisdom of Solomon  Sirach  Baruch  the Letter of Jeremiah  the Prayer of Azariah  and the Song of the Three Young Men  Susanna  and Bel and theDragon (the latter three all found as additions to the Hebrew and Aramaic book of Daniel). Among commentators readers will find Origen  John Chrysostom  Theodoret of Cyr  Hippolytus  Jerome  Augustine  Julius Africanus  Athanasius  Palladius  Cyril of Jerusalem  Clement of Alexandria  Bede  Rabanus Maurus  Clement of Rome  Ignatius  Cassiodorus  Ambrose  and others. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume presents a worthy feast of patristic comment on these ancient and important texts  some of which is presented here in English translation for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665817526325,"sku":"ByrdShop_083081485X","price":79.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780830814855.jpg?v=1782408398","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/apocrypha-volume-15-volume-15-ancient-christian-commentary-on-scripture-9780830814855","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}