Passion and Resurrection Narratives: Post Nicene Latin Interpretations (Australian College of Theology Monograph)

By grasping how the church of a particular time period reads the Scriptures we can understand much of the Christianity of that age. This volume examines how the Gospel accounts at the heart of the Christian faith the passion and resurrection of Christ were interpreted by four key authors from late antiquity. In analyzing the readings and methods of Hilary of Poitiers Ambrose Jerome and Augustine this work advocates for a reshaping of the categories commonly used to understand Latin patristic exegesis. It also prompts reflection upon habits of biblical interpretation and the pastoral application of Scripture in our own time.