Commentary on Isaiah

Ancient Christian Texts

by Eusebius, Joel C. Elowsky (Editor), Jonathan J. Armstrong (Translation)

Preaching 's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. 260--ca. 340), one of the early church's great polymaths, produced significant works as a historian ( Ecclesiastical History ), geographer ( Onomasticon ), philologist, exegete (commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah), apologist ( Preparation for and Demonstration of the Gospel ) and theologian. His Commentary on Isaiah is one of his major exegetical works and the earliest extant Christian commentary on the great prophet. Geographically situated between Alexandria and Antioch, Eusebius approached the text giving notable attention to historical detail and possible allegorical interpretation. But above all, employing the anologia fidei , he drew his readers' attention to other passages of Scripture that share a common vocabulary and theological themes, thus allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture. Here, for the first time in English, Jonathan Armstrong provides readers with a highly serviceable translation of Eusebius's notably difficult Greek text, along with a helpful introduction and notes. Ancient Christian Texts are new English translations of full-length commentaries or sermon series from ancient Christian authors that allow you to study key writings of the early church fathers in a fresh way.

Genres: Old Testament

400 pages, Hardcover

First published June 3, 2013

About the author

Eusebius of Caesarea (c. AD 263 – 339) also called Eusebius Pamphili, was a Roman historian, exegete and Christian polemicist. He became the Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine about the year 314. Together with Pamphilus, he was a scholar of the Biblical canon. He wrote Demonstrations of the Gospel, Preparations for the Gospel, and On Discrepancies between the Gospels, studies of the Biblical text. As "Father of Church History" he produced the Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of Pamphilus, the Chronicle and On the Martyrs.

Information is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius...

Reviews

[Brian Rhea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eusebius had access to Origen's Hexapla, and he spends much of his commentary contrasting different versions of Isaiah's text. While this certainly has its merits, it's less useful for the pastoral theologian.

[Diana Kullman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the appropriate chapters the day before Father Mike Schmitz's (Ascension Press) Bible reading of those chapters. It added to his reading.