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A Jewish philosopher of Alexandria, in Egypt, in Jesus’ own lifetime, who read the books of Moses through Greek philosophy.

On the Creation of the World, translated by C. D. Yonge (London, 1854). On 1 chapter so far.

A Jewish priest from Jerusalem who fought Rome in the war of 66–70 and afterwards wrote the history of his people for Greek readers.

Antiquities of the Jews, translated by William Whiston (1737; the printing of 1792). Antiquities of the Jews, translated by William Whiston (1737); the text of Project Gutenberg. On 420 chapters so far.

The rabbis' discussions of the law and the Scriptures, gathered in Babylonia over three centuries, each saying under the name of the rabbi who said it.

Tract Baba Bathra, translated by Michael L. Rodkinson (Boston, 1918); the text of the Internet Sacred Text Archive. On 14 chapters so far.

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki of Troyes, in France, whose commentary on the Torah is still the first that Jewish readers turn to.

Commentary on the Torah, translated by M. Rosenbaum and A. M. Silbermann (London: Genesis 1929, Exodus 1930). On 89 chapters so far.

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon of Córdoba and Cairo, physician and philosopher, whose Guide for the Perplexed reads the Bible's hardest passages with the philosophy of his day.

The Guide for the Perplexed, translated by M. Friedländer (second edition, London, 1904; the text of Project Gutenberg). On 18 chapters so far.

A Greek philosopher from Samaria who became a Christian and taught in Rome, where he was put to death for his faith. His First Apology, addressed to the emperor, defends the Christians and shows them the prophets’ words about Christ.

The First Apology, translated for the Ante-Nicene Christian Library (Edinburgh, 1867), as printed in the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (Buffalo, 1885); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. On 15 chapters so far.

A teacher of Alexandria, the early church’s first great interpreter of the Bible; some of his ideas were later rejected by the church.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 15 chapters so far.

Gregory “the Wonder-worker”, bishop of Neocaesarea in Pontus and a pupil of Origen. His Metaphrase retells Ecclesiastes in plain prose, as a teacher would read it to a beginner.

A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes, translated by S. D. F. Salmond in the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6 (New York, 1886); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. On 12 chapters so far.

Bishop of Poitiers in Gaul, who wrote the first Latin commentary on Matthew to survive whole.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 17 chapters so far.

Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (in today’s Turkey), one of the Fathers of the Eastern church.

Hexaemeron (sermons on the six days), translated by Blomfield Jackson, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, volume 8 (1895). On 1 chapter so far.

Bishop of Milan, a preacher and hymn writer, who baptized Augustine.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 19 chapters so far.

Archbishop of Constantinople, called “golden-mouthed” for his preaching; his sermons on the Gospels and on Paul's letters are still read in the Orthodox church.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 11, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 11, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 12, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 12, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to the Ephesians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to the Philippians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to the Colossians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the First Epistle to Timothy, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Second Epistle to Timothy, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to Titus, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to Philemon, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Oxford translation (Library of the Fathers, 1839–1877), revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 14, edited by Philip Schaff (New York, 1889); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. On 187 chapters so far.

A scholar and monk who lived in Bethlehem and translated the Bible into Latin, the Vulgate.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 25 chapters so far.

Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, the most widely read of the Western church’s Fathers. His Expositions on the Psalms are mostly sermons to his people, hearing Christ and the Church in every psalm.

Confessions, translated by J. G. Pilkington, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, volume 1 (1886). The City of God, translated by Marcus Dods, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, volume 2 (1887). in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. Expositions on the Book of Psalms, the Oxford translation (1847–1857) as A. Cleveland Coxe condensed it for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (New York, 1888); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. The City of God, translated by Marcus Dods, as revised for the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 2 (New York, 1887); the text of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. On 98 chapters so far.

Archbishop of Alexandria, whose teaching on Christ was accepted at the Council of Ephesus in 431.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 12 chapters so far.

Bishop of Rome from 590, whose Morals on the Book of Job and sermons on the Gospels were read across the medieval church.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. Morals on the Book of Job, translated in the Library of the Fathers (Oxford, 1844–1850); the text of Lectionary Central. On 68 chapters so far.

A monk of Jarrow in northern England, called the Venerable Bede, who wrote on the Gospels and the history of the English church.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 33 chapters so far.

Abbot of Fulda and archbishop of Mainz, a teacher of the church in Charlemagne’s lands.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 13 chapters so far.

An Italian Dominican friar and teacher, the great theologian of the medieval Catholic church.

Summa Theologica, translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province (first edition, 1912). On 1 chapter so far.

A Byzantine archbishop in Ohrid (in today’s North Macedonia), whose commentaries on the Gospels gather the Greek Fathers.

in the Catena Aurea (the Fathers on the Gospels, gathered by Thomas Aquinas), translated under John Henry Newman (Oxford, 1841–1845); the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 36 chapters so far.

The German monk and professor whose protests began the Reformation; he lectured on Genesis in the last ten years of his life.

Lectures on Genesis, translated by Henry Cole, revised by J. N. Lenker (Minneapolis, 1904). On 1 chapter so far.

The French reformer of Geneva, from whose teaching the Reformed and Presbyterian churches come.

Commentaries on the First Book of Moses, called Genesis, translated by John King, Calvin Translation Society (Edinburgh, 1847). Commentaries, Calvin Translation Society (Edinburgh, 1843–1855); the text of the Free Use Bible API. On 438 chapters so far.

An English Presbyterian minister whose commentary on the whole Bible Protestants have read for three centuries.

An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, 1706–1714 (Revell edition). Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706–1714; the text of the Free Use Bible API. On 659 chapters so far.

An English Baptist pastor in London and a scholar of Hebrew and the rabbis, who wrote a verse-by-verse commentary on the whole Bible.

An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, 1746–1763; the text of the Free Use Bible API. On 408 chapters so far.

The Anglican priest who began the Methodist movement; his notes on the Bible were written for ordinary readers.

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, Bristol, 1765. Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, London, 1755; the text of CrossWire’s public-domain module. On 327 chapters so far.

A Methodist preacher and scholar from Ulster, whose commentary on the whole Bible took him nearly forty years.

Commentary on the Holy Bible, 1810–1826; the text of the Free Use Bible API. On 378 chapters so far.

Three ministers, two Scottish Presbyterians and an Irish Anglican, whose commentary on the whole Bible was written to be short and plain.

A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments, 1871; the text of the Free Use Bible API. On 360 chapters so far.

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch, two German Lutheran scholars of Hebrew whose commentary on the Old Testament is still read for its learning.

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, translated by James Martin and others (Edinburgh, 1866–1891); the text of the Free Use Bible API. On 413 chapters so far.

A London Baptist pastor, the best-known preacher of Victorian England.

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, volume 21 (London, 1876). On 1 chapter so far.