equal to virtue—made of good deeds” (Garrett, p. 50). He is also very effective in offering paraphrases to assist his audience. Moreover, he is keenly aware of the importance of correctly interpreting the metaphors of the prophetic text; to take every phrase literally would be to render meaning impossible. Chrysostom’s commentary on Isaiah is based on the Septuagint, but often according to its Lucian recension. Chrysostom had little interest in textual matters; never does his Isaiah commentary cite