Ancient Bible commentaries in English

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I am publishing ancient Bible commentaries such as Bible commentaries from the Early Church Fathers, and also later Medieval Bible commentaries. I am having some of these works translated for the first time and others that have been translated but never published or out of print. I am building a series and already have 7 already on the market.

What I would love is to hear from you about what you would like to see in a series that is very affordable and user friendly. What Church Fathers or later medieval commentators on Scripture would you like to see?
 
Early desert fathers and other early monastics.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote 26 beautiful sermons on Song of Songs.

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COPLAND_3 said:
I am publishing ancient Bible commentaries such as Bible commentaries from the Early Church Fathers, and also later Medieval Bible commentaries. I am having some of these works translated for the first time and others that have been translated but never published or out of print. I am building a series and already have 7 already on the market.

What I would love is to hear from you about what you would like to see in a series that is very affordable and user friendly. What Church Fathers or later medieval commentators on Scripture would you like to see?
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I would love to see St. Augustine’s Literal Meaning of Genesis (the full version).
 
Bernard Clairvaux on the Song of songs might be one in near future. I would definitely have to edit and provide the Scripture citation footnotes that the existing version unfortunately didnt take time to do. I would add citation indicators in the margins so that readers can use these sermons for exegetical purposes. But it would make a great addition!

Augustine on the Literal meaning of Genesis would be wonderful! I need to look into that one.

Right now we have St. Jerome’s commentaries on Jonah and Ecclesiastes, St. GREGORY of Nyssa homilies on Ecclesiastes, St. Victorinus commentary on Revelation, and the Glossa Ordinaria on the Epistles of St. John. We also have the Glossa Ordinaria on Revelation being translated as well as Cramer’s Catena on Galatians being translated. Our next volume coming out is St. Gregory the Great commentary on Job in one single volume!
 
dmar198 said:
It is my understanding that the Paulist Press translation of Literal Meaning of Genesis is a complete English translation. Have a look and correct me if I’m wrong: books.google.com/books?id=_s0kIgD0nCcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Thanks for the link. I am indeed aware that there are complete English translations. However, I was specifically thinking of an electronic version, such as for Kindle. (I realize I should have been more specific). The only Kindle edition I have seen, however, appears to not be the complete work, from what I can see.
 
InnocentSmith said:
Thanks for the link. I am indeed aware that there are complete English translations. However, I was specifically thinking of an electronic version, such as for Kindle. (I realize I should have been more specific). The only Kindle edition I have seen, however, appears to not be the complete work, from what I can see.
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Just out of curiosity, how does the Kindle formats look to you? Everytime I convert my books to Kindle it never comes out looking as good as a printed copy or PDF.
 
I’m not quite sure what you mean exactly, so please forgive me if I do not answer your question that well. What I can say is that I have no problems with the Kindle format, and find it very helpful. (Of course, there is nothing quite like a printed copy, but Kindle has its own advantages, which is why I would love to see a copy in that format as well.)
 
Many times when I buy kindle or publish in kindle, when the typeset is advanced it never comes out right on kindle. I purchased the Ignatius Study Bible on kindle and it was horrific because everything was offset. My own books that I have published have not looked very good on kindle, especially the Glossa Ordinaria which I have a very complex typeset. I have shied away from publishing on kindle for the Ancient Bible Commentaries series because of my dissapointment with the looks, but I am considering going ahead and doing it since a lot of people prefer kindle.
 
COPLAND_3 said:
Many times when I buy kindle or publish in kindle, when the typeset is advanced it never comes out right on kindle. I purchased the Ignatius Study Bible on kindle and it was horrific because everything was offset. My own books that I have published have not looked very good on kindle, especially the Glossa Ordinaria which I have a very complex typeset. I have shied away from publishing on kindle for the Ancient Bible Commentaries series because of my dissapointment with the looks, but I am considering going ahead and doing it since a lot of people prefer kindle.
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Kindle is good if you’re going for the text only (and voice too) and you wish to read something immediately but it can’t equal the beauty of the printed page with its illustrations, side-by-side columns, ability to yellow mark important points, etc. I find it very annoying that I have to hold the Kindle a certain way as to avoid advancing the page, but maybe they’ve perfected the device to avoid this. The Kindle for the PC works much better for me in many cases.
 
“Augustine on the Literal meaning of Genesis would be wonderful! I need to look into that one.”

The Literal Meaning of Genesis (De Genesis ad Litteram ) has already been translated into English by various sources, however, only a portion of which is available for public view. But that is of little concern since I have already translated the work by St. Augustine from both the Latin and Italian versions. You can find all of his works on this website in divers language here: augustinus.it/

However, this specific site does not provide De Genesis in English. Yet, a simple google translation suffices (preferably from the Italian translation).

Some related links: rtforum.org/lt/lt46.html

(However, this shouldn’t be taken as a promotion of St. Augustine’s view of the account of Genesis. I disagree with his views and I have gathered substantial evidence to disprove his assertions in Ad Litteram, which include amonst other things the work of St. Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez. Yet, I find fault with both their positions as well. But I won’t go into detail here).

“Our next volume coming out is St. Gregory the Great commentary on Job in one single volume!”

The commentary of Job by Pope St. Gregory the Great has already been translated here: lectionarycentral.com/GregoryMoraliaIndex.html

However, what I would recommend as a substitute project is a translation of the commentary of Cornelius A. Lapide. You can find his entire commentary in Latin here:
cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1080014741_C/1080014741_C.html

I know of an individual who has supposedly been working on a translation of this commentary for the past three years. But as of yet, I have seen little (none) published thus far. (filiusancillae.wordpress.com/)

But as for further recommendation, I would suggest a translation of other Catholic Commentaries on Scriptures such as Giovanni Menochio’s commentary on Scripture:
books.google.com/books?id=QEJEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP6&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false

books.google.com/books?id=X0JEAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Giovanni+Stefano+Menochio&hl=en&sa=X&ei=a2CsU_LWKYLC8AGChYHYBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Giovanni%20Stefano%20Menochio&f=false

Or

Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l’Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments (“A literal Commentary on all the Books of the Old and New Testaments”) by Antoine Augustin Calmet

books.google.com/books?id=3M2YG_ibnD8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Commentaire+litt%C3%A9ral+sur+tous+les+livres+de+l’Ancien+et+du+Nouveau+Testaments&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AqgeVNMS0KLIBJXugKAE&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Commentaire%20litt%C3%A9ral%20sur%20tous%20les%20livres%20de%20l’Ancien%20et%20du%20Nouveau%20Testaments&f=false

Or

the work of Johann Wild
books.google.com/books?id=aQpEAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Johann+Wild&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YaseVKTcA4acyAS8wIH4Cg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Johann%20Wild&f=false

I have also observed you interest in the Church Fathers, and specifically that of St. Thomas Aquinas’ work. Here is a list of all his works, translated into Latin and English: dhspriory.org/thomas/

But as in regards to Church Fathers, Adrian Fortescue puts together an excellent exposition on the Greek Fathers: archive.org/details/greekfathers00fortgoog

Here is a link that draws from various sources:
enlargingtheheart.wordpress.com/
 
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RomCatholic5737:
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Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l’Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments (“A literal Commentary on all the Books of the Old and New Testaments”) by Antoine Augustin Calmet

books.google.com/books?id=3M2…aments&f=false
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I heartily second this suggestion! 👍 This commentary is heavily used in the Haydock Bibles of yore! 😉
 
RomCatholic5737 said:
“Augustine on the Literal meaning of Genesis would be wonderful! I need to look into that one.”

The Literal Meaning of Genesis (De Genesis ad Litteram ) has already been translated into English by various sources, however, only a portion of which is available for public view. But that is of little concern since I have already translated the work by St. Augustine from both the Latin and Italian versions. You can find all of his works on this website in divers language here: augustinus.it/

However, this specific site does not provide De Genesis in English. Yet, a simple google translation suffices (preferably from the Italian translation).

Some related links: rtforum.org/lt/lt46.html

(However, this shouldn’t be taken as a promotion of St. Augustine’s view of the account of Genesis. I disagree with his views and I have gathered substantial evidence to disprove his assertions in Ad Litteram, which include amonst other things the work of St. Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez. Yet, I find fault with both their positions as well. But I won’t go into detail here).

“Our next volume coming out is St. Gregory the Great commentary on Job in one single volume!”

The commentary of Job by Pope St. Gregory the Great has already been translated here: lectionarycentral.com/GregoryMoraliaIndex.html

However, what I would recommend as a substitute project is a translation of the commentary of Cornelius A. Lapide. You can find his entire commentary in Latin here:
cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1080014741_C/1080014741_C.html

I know of an individual who has supposedly been working on a translation of this commentary for the past three years. But as of yet, I have seen little (none) published thus far. (filiusancillae.wordpress.com/)

But as for further recommendation, I would suggest a translation of other Catholic Commentaries on Scriptures such as Giovanni Menochio’s commentary on Scripture:
books.google.com/books?id=QEJEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP6&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false

books.google.com/books?id=X0JEAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Giovanni+Stefano+Menochio&hl=en&sa=X&ei=a2CsU_LWKYLC8AGChYHYBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Giovanni%20Stefano%20Menochio&f=false
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I have a couple of routes that I am going, that being I have translators translating works that have never yet been translated into English, that being the Glossa Ordinaria and Cramer’s Catena. And another route that I am going is contacting those who have already translated commentaries but have never published them, and I have gotten their permission to edit and publish them and letting them receive the royalties. As for the Job commentary by St. Gregory the Great, I actually contacted the man who worked several years to make it available online, and got his permission to publish what he did, and he sent me a document that allowed me to edit and produce a single volume of the whole commentary. There are no single volumes of this massive commentary, but I will be publishing one very soon, and it will be the best bargain available.

I would probably hire someone to translate Augustine’s Literal interpretation of Genesis, but right now my main focus is to have my Latin translator work on the Glossa Ordinaria, which is really probably the most needed commentary to get translated since it had the greatest influence as a commentary, as we see the likes of Aquinas and many others quote from it excessively. The Glossa on Revelation is being translated now and I must say that I have absolutely loved reading it while I edit as the translator has been translating. I have studied many ancient commentaries on Revelation, but this one of the Glossa is as good as it gets! I cant wait to get this published so that people can have it. The glossator took quotes from Church Fathers and later commentators of his contemporaries and made a straight to the point verse by verse commentary that is extremely edifying. And God has blessed me with a translator that reads the ancient Glossa Ordinaria manuscripts and is making this a critical edition.

I contacted many others in order to get permission to publish their commentaries, such as many of the Aquinas commentaries and some others, but some were not interested. But I keep searching and trying to expand the collection. Needless to say its been a very busy few months while editing and publish 6 of these commentaries in a very short amount of time.
 
We are about to publish a complete single volume of St. Gregory the Great commentary on Job. Its been modified to be user friendly so that finding specific passages in Job is simple, and simple indexes and so on. I looking over the proof and its excellent! I will keep you posted.
 
COPLAND 3:
I would probably hire someone to translate Augustine’s Literal interpretation of Genesis,
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Beside the Paulist Press translation in two volumes: Ancient Christian Writers, Vol. 41 and 42, another earlier unfinished version was done by the Catholic University of America Press: Fathers of the Church, Vol. 84.

Both of these works are very well translated and still in print.
 
Thib one is very well translated and one volume vs multi volumes. And its designed to be user-friendly and only 26.99 in American dollar, and out of country will be calculated to be equivalent to that price.
 
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Thib one is very well translated and one volume vs multi volumes. And its designed to be user-friendly and only 26.99 in American dollar, and out of country will be calculated to be equivalent to that price.
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That would be a big improvement! Thanks for explaining. 👍
 
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