The School of Antioch: Biblical Theology and the Church in Syria

by Vahan S. Hovhanessian (Editor)

Overview

The School of Antioch: Biblical Theology and the Church in Syria contains the latest conclusions and findings of academic research by specialized biblical scholars in biblical theology of the Church in the East commonly referred to as the School of Antioch. This collection of essays will be of special interest to scholars of theology and religion, including those interested in the fields of hermeneutics, Apocrypha, Chrysostom, Orthodox Eastern Christianity, and Eastern Christianity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433128066
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	02/24/2016
Series:	Bible in the Christian Orthodox Tradition , #6
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bishop Vahan S. Hovhanessian, Primate of the Armenian Orthodox Church in France, holds a PhD in biblical studies from Fordham University, New York. He is also Chairman of the unit «Bible in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Tradition» of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). He is currently an Honorary Fellow at the University of Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Contents: Bradley Nassif: Introduction – Paul Nadim Tarazi: Exegesis for John Chrysostom: Preaching and Teaching the Bible – Mark Dickens: Biblical Fragments from the Christian Library of Turfan, an Eastern Outpost of the Antiochian Tradition – Michael Azar: John Chrysostom and the Johannine Jews – Richard J. Perhai: Theōria as a Hermeneutical Term in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Theodoret of Cyrus – Vahan S. Hovhanessian: The Commentary of St. Ephrem the Syrian on the Apocryphal Third Corinthians.