Treatises on Noah and David
| Author | : Saint Ambrose (Bishop of Milan) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0813232686 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780813232683 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (683 Downloads) |
Download or read book Treatises on Noah and David written by Saint Ambrose (Bishop of Milan) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There are three treatises in this book: one on Noah and two on King David. St. Ambrose offers an interpretation of the story of Noah (Genesis 6:5 through 9:29) and two essays on the story of King David's adultery with Bathsheba and his order for her husband to be killed (2 Samuel 11:2 through 12:25). His exegesis of the narrative of Noah and the Flood is allegorical. With regard to David and Bathsheba, Ambrose includes his own commentary on Psalm 51 (50 in the Septuagint), which he interprets as David's heartfelt repentance. Ambrose's overall purpose in the two treatises on David is to defend him as a righteous man"--
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