Ancient Apologetic Exegesis: Introducing and Recovering Theophilus's World

By Stuart E. Parsons

Taking a radical new approach to second-century theology, 'Ancient Apologetic Exegesis' examines the work of Saint Theophilus of Antioch, with a full understanding of the man and his times. The second century is often dismissed by theologians, despite a near-living memory of Jesus and his apostles from only a generation or two prior, but Stuart E. Parsons shows that a distinctive biblical exegesis was used by those second-century apologists who challenged Greco-Roman pagan religionists. Currentliterature misunderstands second-century exegetical approaches, but by looking behind anachronistic views of ancient genre, literacy, and rhetoric, we can rediscover a forgotten form of early Christian exegesis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227175425
• ISBN13: 9780227175422
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 252 Pages