Genesis 1–11

The creation narrative in the early chapters of Genesis proved irresistible to the church fathers. Following the apostle Paul, they explored the six days of creation and the profound significance of Adam as a type of Christ, the second Adam. With comment from Basil the Great, Ambrose, and Augustine, this ACCS volume on Genesis 1-11 opens up a treasure house of ancient wisdom.

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The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a unique twenty-seven-volume series encompassing all of Scripture and offering contemporary readers the opportunity to study for themselves the key writings of the early church fathers. Arranged by the books of the Bible, each portion of commentary allows the living voices of the church in its formative centuries to speak as they engage the sacred pages of Scripture. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Genesis 1-11 opens a whole new way of reading these Old Testament texts. The pastoral and theological interpretation of the church fathers offers spiritual and intellectual sustenance to those who would read these texts again with open minds and hearts.