Homilies On Genesis 1845 Fathers Of The Church 82 Saint John Chrysostom by Saint John Chrysostom 9780813210872, 0813210879 instant download after payment.

John Chrysostom, called the "golden-mouthed" for his eloquent
preaching, continues in this second volume of the sixty-seven Genesis
homilies to provide instruction for the moral reformation of the
Christians of Antioch. He continues in Homily 18 with Genesis 3 and
finishes in Homily 45 with Genesis 20. They seem to have been delivered
perhaps as early as 385, half just before and during Lent and the
remainder, from Homily 33 onward, after Pentecost.

That Chrysostom
favored Antiochene exegesis is clear from his exhortation at the
beginning of Homily 20 to "take up the thread of the reading and
apply...the teaching from the passage." "You see," he writes, "there is
not even a syllable or even one letter contained in Scripture which does
not have great treasure concealed in its depth." He artfully interprets
the literal spiritual meaning of this treasure for his congregation
through inspiring and colorful exegesis.

It was Chrysostom's
pastoral responsibility to guide his congregation by means of homiletic
exegesis. He urged his listeners to take note of the instruction and to
give attention to the correction of their own daily lives so as to
"proceed to the enjoyment of salvation." The theme of the good man Noe,
who remained unaffected by the universal decline of mankind into
wickedness, provides the example for the moral improvement of his
listeners in Homilies 23-29, as does the hospitality of Abraham in
Homilies 41-45.

The Genesis homilies reveal Chrysostom as
commentator, preacher, moralist, and profoundly theological and precise
exegete of Scripture, the truth of which he teaches for the betterment
of this congregation.