Ambrose on Genesis 1:1
Ambrose of Milan (Trier, 339-340 – Milan, 397). Ambrose’s role in the West, in the Latin world, was parallel to that of the Cappadocian Fathers in […]
Genesis
Gregory of Nyssa on Genesis 1:1
Gregory of Nyssa (Neocaesarea, now Niksar, between 331 and 341 – 394) like his brother Basil of Caesarea wrote a commentary on the six days of creation. Together […]
Basil of Caesarea on Genesis 1:2
This commentary by Basil of Caesarea follows on from the article Genesis 1, 2 Ruah – The Spirit of God is feminine, in which several commentaries […]
Origen on Genesis 1:1
Origen (Ὠριγένης) was born in Alexandria around 185 and died in Tyre around 253. He wrote numerous biblical commentaries and was a point of reference for […]
Philo of Alexandria on Genesis 1:1
Philo of Alexandria (Alexandria, 25 BC – 50 AD), a Jewish scholar and expert on the works of Greek philosophers, wrote numerous biblical commentaries in Greek. […]