The Earliest Christian Biblical Interpretation
From Search the Scriptures Live by Dr. Jeannie Constantinou, and Ancient Faith Ministries
May 5, 2026
About this episode
This episode explores the earliest Christian biblical interpretations from the second century, focusing on Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and the School of Alexandria.
The earliest Christian biblical interpretations outside the NT are found in the second century Fathers. We will look at the lives, key writings and important contributions of Justin Martyr and Irenaeus, then discuss the first great "School" of interpretation: Alexandria. Music attribution: "Galway" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Jeannie Constantinou
Topics covered
- Christian biblical interpretation
- second century Fathers
- Justin Martyr
- Irenaeus
- School of interpretation
- Alexandria
Keywords
- Christianity
- biblical interpretation
- Justin Martyr
- Irenaeus
- Alexandria
- second century
- Fathers
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Organizations: Ancient Faith Ministries
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