{"product_id":"joshua-judges-ruth-12-samuel-volume-4-ancient-christian-commentary-on-scripture-9780830814749","title":"Joshua  Judges  Ruth  1-2 Samuel: Volume 4 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels  or types  in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua  Moses successor  and Jesusindeed  in Greek the names are identical. Thus Joshua was consistently interpreted as a type of Christ. So too was Samuel. David was recognized as an ancestor of Jesus  and parallels between their two lives were readily explored. And Ruth  in ready fashion  was seen as a type of the church. Among the most important sources for commentary on these books are the homilies of Origen  most of which are known to us through the Latin translations of Rufinus and Jerome. Only two running commentaries existone from Gregory of Nazianzus  one of the famous Cappadocian theologians  the other from Bede the Venerable. Another key source for the selections found here derives from question-and-answer format  such as Questions on the Heptateuch from Augustine  Questions on the Octateuch from Theodoret of Cyr  and Thirty Questions on 1 Samuel from Bede. The remainder of materials come from a wide variety of occasional and doctrinal writings  which make mention of these biblical texts to support their arguments. Readers will find a rich treasure trove of ancient wisdom  some of which appear here for the first time in English translation  speaking with eloquence and powerful spiritual insight to the church today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652001620021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0830814744","price":54.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780830814749.jpg?v=1781848172","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/joshua-judges-ruth-12-samuel-volume-4-ancient-christian-commentary-on-scripture-9780830814749","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}