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Articles on the Scriptures, how to read them, and how to interpret them

On the Reading of Scripture

by St. Isaac the Syrian, 7th century ascetical Saint and Bishop of Nineveh

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How to Read the Bible and Why?

St. Justin Popovich (1894-1979)

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How to Read or Listen to the Sacred Scriptures

Author anonymous.  Probably written by an Orthodox Bishop in pre-revolutionary Russia

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That There Are No Contradictions in Holy Scripture

St. Peter of Damaskos, a monastic father from the 11th or 12th centuryAD

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Modern Man and Scripture

Protopresbyter Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (AD 1893 – AD 1979)

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The Old Testament in the New Testament Church

Fr. Michael Pomazansky (1888-1988)

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The Septuagint = Greek Old Testament: An Introduction

Michael Asser

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On the “Sons of God” in Genesis 6

St. Gregory Palamas, (AD 1296 - AD 1359)

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On the Value of Studying the Scriptures

St. Isaac the Syrian, (c. AD 613- c.A.D. 700)

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Why Did St. Matthew Call His Writings the Gospel (Good News)?

St. John Chrysostom,Archbishop of Constantinople (AD 347 - 407)

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Hungering and Thirsting for God in Solomon’s Song of Songs

St. Gregory of Nyssa, (c. AD 335- AD 394)

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