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in the .. yle 1 the grut mfdi.v~1 ,a""~,, this ne"" .n'hl~ ef pa"i>tic comm.ntary on Holy Scripture •• onvenienely arranged by dUp'er an.! . ...., willl>< ~ valuable 'elource for ptay... • tudy and pcodam.adon. flyeall,ng .".nrio" ro rhe rkh Ch,'"i." heri,.ge p reced.ing rh ... par.ticn.I>< " .... n Ea .. ~n(t W .. , and botw«n P ro,."~"t .n.:! Ca,holi • . rhi •• ede. will petform . nu';':'r ..""ice ,o . he cau •• of ttu"",niim.·

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and K hob rly audiences .

In cases where Greek, Latin. Srri.c and Cop.i c teUS have remained untranSlaled inlo lirlglish, w e provide new Inrula,ions. Wherever CUrrent English Ir;mslatioD$ arc ak=d.y well t endered, they

!ovo!ume oflhi sserics,depcending on therequiremen"oftht sp"tifi~bookofScrip rure.

The furlction of Ihe overview i, ro provide a b rief summary of all rhe COmme nt. to follow. It

ro da te. We seek to p re5erll fresh

.racks a rea.o nably cohesive rhread of argumenl among palr"tic commerl!S, even [hough they are

dy namic equi valency uanslarions oflong'rleg!ecrcd IUls ",hichhisloricoally h;l. vebttn regarded as

.urived from diverl-( so" rees an d gerlerario ns. T hus the l um maries do not proceed ch ron olOgically o.

will be utilized. b",r if necena ry rheir language will be broughr

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by vers e sequencc. Rather thcy setk 10 rehears.c rhe overaU courseofrht paeristie Commenl on , ho,

aurhorirarive modelsofbi blical im erpre.t , he various arguments rend 10 Row in a pl .. ".ible,

Thomas C. Oden

recogniublep.a rtcrn. Modernrudtts.url .h usgli mpsch.: Ci"n o, comp .• 7tb « n,ury. Tb< P.r.di.... 0' Go,d,n .fl'" Holy F4r lotr, . !>ei~lI>iHO ...".f ,o. .,w,.,';It"rt.CI~, ••• mo""'.C'Ooog""".po>«t .. wh"", witn ... bdonvd ". "" p..u. >od wO< ,d •• od by rh.,;, ~ • ...., ... , ch, _~d " ,all«l p... by.er aM • di>
Norhing crudal wu di.uorted or omitced Within decadcs after t he duth ofPapiu, Clement of Alcundria (c. 150·215) is found in an

entirely differen r Iond sin ce Iren acus WH one of them, We will nOw give hi, words and. first, what he

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of the sacred Gospels: "Matthew published hi. GOSpel

of the Lord attested by Peter, T he im plication is t h.. the tradition of the tarliut

among the H ebrew. in their own language. while Peter and Paul were prC.lching and foundin g

prC$byte r. of Alexandria known to Clement .ssum ed rha' Mark h~d been , ss o