<span>Early Christians were fed by their pastors a solidly scriptural diet from both the Old and the New Testaments. The commentary on Daniel by Theodoret, a member of the school of Antioch and fifth-century bishop of Cyrus, illustrates the typically Antiochene approach to biblical texts and shows t
Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on Daniel
β Scribed by Robert C. Hill
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 367
- Series
- Writings from the Greco-Roman World 7
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
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