SAINT AMBROSE

SEVEN EXEGETICAL WORKS

Isaac, or the Soul

Death as a Good

Jacob and the Happy Life

Joseph

The Patriarchs

Flight from the World

The Prayer of Job and David

Translated by

MICHAEL P. McHUGH

University of Connecticut

the catholic university of america press

Washington, D. C.

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JOESPH B. COLLINS, S.S., S.T.D.

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X PATRICK CARDINAL A. O’BOYLE, D.D.

Archbishop of Washington

May 10, 1971

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Ambrosius, Saint, Bp. of Milan

Seven exegetical works.

(The Fathers of the church, a new translation, v. 65)

CONTENTS: Isaac, or the soul.—Death as a good.—Jacob and the happy life. [etc.]

1. Theology—Collected works—Early church.

I. Title. II. Series.

BR65.A313E55 1972 201′.1 71-157660

ISBN 0-8132-0065-2

ISBN 0-8132-1355-X (pbk.)

Copyright © 1972 by

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS, INC.

All rights reserved

Reprinted 1985

First paperback reprint 2003

THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH

A NEW TRANSLATION

VOLUME 65

EDITORIAL BOARD

Bernard M. Peebles

The Catholic University of America

Editorial Director

Robert P. Russell, O.S.A.	Thomas P. Halton
Villanova University	The Catholic University of America
Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M.	William R. Tongue
The Catholic University of America	The Catholic University of America

Sister M. Josephine Brennan, I.H.M.

Marywood College

contents

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgment

General Introduction

Isaac, or the Soul (De Isaac vel anima)

Death as a Good (De bono mortis)

Jacob and the Happy Life (De Iacob et vita beata)

Joseph (De Ioseph)

The Patriarchs (De patriarchis)

Flight from the World (De fuga saeculi)

The Prayer of Job and David (De interpellatione Iob et David)

Indices

General Index

Index of Holy Scripture

select bibliography*

Texts

Du Frische, J., and Nourry, N. le [Benedictine edition] (Paris 1686, 1690; reprinted PL 14, 15).

Schenkl, Karl. In CSEL 32.1 (Vienna 1896/7) [Isaac, or the Soul and Death as a Good], 32.2 (ibid. 1897) [the other sermons].

Wiesner, W. T., C. M. S. Ambrosii De bono mortis: A Revised Text with an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Catholic University of America Patristic Studies 100; Washington, D. C., 1970).

Translations

Beyenka, Sr. M. Melchior, O. P. Saint Ambrose: Letters (FOTC 26; Washington 1954, repr. 1967).

De Mornay, P. Six Excellent Treatises on Life and Death … (London 1607) [copies in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C.; Newberry Library, Chicago].

Deferrari, R. J. Saint Ambrose: Theological and Dogmatic Works (FOTC 44; Washington 1963).

McCauley, L. P., S. J., et al. Funeral Orations by Saint Gregory Nazianzen and Saint Ambrose (FOTC 22; Washington 1953).

Savage, J. J. Saint Ambrose: Hexameron, Paradise, and ...