Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory ─ Canon, Language, Text

Gallagher (biblical literature, Heritage Christian U., Alabama) explores how Hebrew scripture featured in arguments about the Bible among the Church Fathers of the second to fifth centuries. Central to the study is an exchange of letters between Julius Africanus and Origin during the middle of the third century about the advisability using the Susanna story from the Book of Daniel to defend Christianity. He covers the Old Testament canon in patristic biblical theory, Hebrew scripture and the canon of the Old Testament, the language of Hebrew scripture and patristic biblical theory, and Hebrew scripture and the text of the Old Testament. An earlier version of the work served as his doctoral dissertation at Hebrew Union College, Ohio in 2010. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Edmon L. Gallagher, Ph.D. (2010) in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Cincinnati), is Assistant Professor of Biblical Literature at Heritage Christian University in Florence, Alabama.