Homilies on Genesis 1-17

by John Chrysostom and Saint John Chrysostom

Book Overview

This translation makes available for the first time in English one of the most significant Old Testament commentaries of the patristic period. St. John Chrysostom's extant works outnumber those of any other Father of the East; in the West, only Augustine produced a larger corpus. Of Chrysostom's more than 600 exegetical homilies, however, only those on the New Testament have previously been translated into English. The Genesis homilies, his richest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813209722
• ISBN13: 9780813209722
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"