Psalms 1-50 - Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Review Quotes: "Here is Scripture commentary that doubles as 'spiritual' reading for all."--James Chukwuma Okoye, The Bible in ReviewReview Quotes: "This resource will continue to enrich our knowledge of one stream of reception history."--P. S. Johnston, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2009Table of Contents: A Guide to Using This Commentar Abbreviation Introduction to Psalms 1-50 Commentary on Psalms 1-5 Appendix: Early Christian Writers and the Documents Cite Biographical Sketche Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Perio Bibliography of Works in Original Language Bibliography of Works in English Translatio Author/Writings Inde Subject Inde Scripture IndexPublisher Marketing: The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment and rage with anger. The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them both as hymns and as Scripture readings. Within them they found pointers to Jesus both as Son of God and as Messiah. They also employed the Psalms widely as support for other New Testament teachings, as counsel on morals and as forms for prayer. But the church fathers found more than pastoral insight in the Psalms. They found apologetic and doctrinal insight as well, as is attested by the more than sixty-five authors and more than 160 works excerpted in this commentary. Especially noteworthy among the Greek-speaking authors cited are Hippolytus, Origen, Eusebius of Caesarea, Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Didymus the Blind, Evagrius of Pontus, Diodore of Tarsus, John Chrysostom, Asterius the Homilist, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyr, Cyril of Alexandria and Hesychius of Jerusalem. Among noteworthy Latin authors we find Hilary of Poitiers, Ambrose of Milan, Jerome, Augustine, Arnobius the Younger and Cassiodorus. Readers of these selections, some of which appear here for the first time in English, will glean from a rich treasury of deep devotion and profound theological reflection. Contributor Bio:  Blaising, Craig A Craig Blaising is Executive Vice President & Provost and Professor of Theology at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is author of numerous books and a contributor to Zondervan s Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond (1999) and Three Views on the Rapture (2010). Contributor Bio:  Oden, Thomas C Thomas C. Oden is the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology and Ethics at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.