Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church

Karlfried Froehlich, volume translator and editor
William G. Rusch, series editor

Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church is a volume in the Sources of Early Christian Thought series. The emergence of hermeneutical questions in the patristic period are covered as seen in the following texts:

Sifra - The Exegetical Rules (Midot) of Rabbie Ishmael and Rabbi Hillel
Ptolemy - Letter to Flora
Irenaeus - Against Heresies
Origen - On First Principles: Book Four
Papyrus Michigan Inv. 3718 - Christian Allegorizations
Diodore of Tarsus - Commentary on the Psalms, Prologue
Diodore of Tarsus - Preface to the Commentary on Psalm 118
Theodore of Mopsuestia - Commentary on Galatians 4.22-31
Tyconius (ca 380 North Africa) - The Book of Rules, I - III

135 pages
Paperback
Published 1984
Size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3”
ISBN: 978-0-8006-1414-0