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The habits of highly effective Bible readers: what we can learn from the church fathers that will enrich our own Bible study. A conversation with Christopher A. Hall.(Introduction)

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In recent years, more and more evangelical Protestants have been looking at the early church fathers--that group of Christian teachers stretching from just after the apostles through approximately the first five centuries of the church--to see how they read their Bibles and did their theology.

"Exhibit A" in this resurgence is the Ancient Christian Commentary series edited by Thomas C. Oden and published by InterVarsity Press--a 28-volume set that places side by side with the text of each Bible book the key exegetical writings of the early church.

In what might be seen as a book-length preface to that series, Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, ...

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