Tag: Chrysostom

John Chrysostom, Homilies on Titus and Philemon


Free Download Pauline Allen, "John Chrysostom, Homilies on Titus and Philemon"
English | ISBN: 1628374977 | 2024 | 206 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In her latest volume on John Chrysostom, Pauline Allen translates into English nine homilies on two of Paul’s letters. Included in this collection are six homilies on Titus that deal with Chrysostom’s attitudes toward episcopal accountability. AThree homilies on Philemon shed light on Chrysostom’s views on the treatment of slaves. A thorough introduction that addresses the date, provenance, and content of these homilies makes this volume an essential source for scholars and students interested in the development of the church in the fourth to fifth centuries CE.

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Chrysostom as Exegete Scholarly Traditions and Rhetorical Aims in the Homilies on Genesis


Free Download Samuel Pomeroy, "Chrysostom as Exegete Scholarly Traditions and Rhetorical Aims in the Homilies on Genesis "
English | ISBN: 9004469222 | 2021 | 400 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This systematic study of Chrysostom’s Homilies on Genesis demonstrates the wide-ranging sources and techniques that undergird his exegesis, shedding new light on networks of Biblical learning in Late Antiquity. It shows the relationship between exegetical traditions and ethical evaluation in specific homiletic discourses, highlighting the importance of name and word meanings for Chrysostom.

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