Frank | November 7, 2009
Hippolytus was a presbyter in the church at Rome about 200 AD. It is he who started the genre of literature we know as biblical commentaries, being the first to write a running commentary on one book of the Bible. The book he chose was the prophet Daniel. Hippolytus’ church was suffering [...]
Category: Biblical Commentaries, Early Christian Studies, Eschatology, Patristics, Translated Texts |
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Tags: Biblical Commentaries, Daniel, Early Christianity, early church, Eschatology, Hippolytus, martyrdom, persecution, prophecy, Rome, Second Coming, Septimus Severus, W. Brian Shelton
Frank | July 3, 2009
For some reason the translators of the Ante-Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series overlooked many biblical commentaries of the early church. However, patristic scholars over the past few decades have started to fill this gap. A first ever English translation of Jerome’s (d. 420) Commentary on Matthew has recently been published by Catholic University [...]
Category: Biblical Commentaries, Early Christian Studies, Eschatology, Patristics, Translated Texts |
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Tags: Biblical Commentaries, Early Christianity, Fathers of the Church, Gospel of Matthew, Patristics, Saint Jerome, Thomas Scheck, Translated Texts
