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Subsection
Early & Medieval Biblical Commentary Series
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Order of Contents
Bible Commentaries
. Latin & Greek
Textual Indices with Quotes 2
References 2
Scriptural Citations 1
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Biblical Commentaries of the Fathers
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Series on the Whole Bible
Early & Medieval Church Commentary Series on the Whole Bible
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On Biblical Books
About
Around 64% of the works in this collection of 575+ early and medieval biblical commentaries and selections of commentaries are fully online for free.
The links go to the Early and Medieval sections on each biblical book in our larger Bible Commentary Collection. This collection was last overhauled in 2023, and is current to that time.
For more references, not all of which have been catalogued here, see:
ed. Farrar & Evans – Bibliography of English Translations from Medieval Sources (Columbia University Press, 1964) 545 pp. no ToC
This is an alphabetical index including authors and some subjects. Look up each book of the Bible, Old Testament, Pentateuch, New Testament, etc.
“…for its time an exhaustive effort…” – Bradley & Muller
Ferguson, Mary Anne – Bibliography of English Translations from Medieval Sources, 1943-1967 Buy (1975) 274 pp.
Continues Farrar and Evans’ work.
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Old Testament
Pentateuch 2
Genesis 28+
Exodus 12
Leviticus 7
Numbers 7
Deuteronomy 6
Joshua 6
Judges 6
Ruth 3
1 Samuel 8
2 Samuel 4
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 3
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 3
Job 12
Psalms 32
Proverbs 8+
Ecclesiastes 8
Song of Solomon 20
Isaiah 16
Jeremiah 8
Lamentations 6
Ezekiel 7
Daniel 4
Minor Prophets 7
Hosea 6
Joel 6
Amos 6
Obadiah 5
Jonah 10+
Micah 7
Nahum 6
Habakkuk 6
Zephaniah 5
Haggai 6
Zechariah 7
Malachi 6
New Testament
Gospels 20+
Life & Times of Jesus 4
Harmonies 3
Beatitudes 2
Matthew 22+
Mark 12+
Luke 16+
John 18+
Acts 8+
Epistles 3
Romans 16
1 Corinthians 9
2 Corinthians 7
Galatians 14
Ephesians 12
Philippians 8
Colossians 7
1 Thessalonians 8+
2 Thessalonians 8+
1 Timothy 9
2 Timothy 7
Titus 10
General Epistles 1
James 4
1 Peter 6
2 Peter 3
Epistles of John 2
1 John 6
2 John 4
3 John 4
Jude 4
Revelation 24+
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Latin & Greek, Early & Medieval Bible Commentaries
Early Church
Whole Bible
Old Testament
New Testament
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Medieval Church
Whole Bible
Old Testament
New Testament
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Online Biblical Textual Indices with Quotes
Whole Bible
By far and away the best site that has collated commentaries on nearly every verse of the Bible from the patristics and medieval writers. Includes thousands of commentaries; just click on the book, chapter and verse of the Bible you are interested in.
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New Testament
Early Christian Writings on the New Testament: Compiled Allusions to the NT from the Ante-Nicene Fathers HTML, this is a compilation of references to N.T. verses from the early church fathers, organized as a commentary on the Biblical books
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References to More Early & Medieval Works on Scripture
Online
Repertorium Biblicum (Biblical Reperatory) The website is mostly in German; listings are usually in Latin. Most browsers allow one to right-click on the page and automatically translate it.
This is the searchable online version of the print edition below (see there for a description). It, unfortunately, does not appear that one can browse or directly limit searches by book of the Bible (see the print edition, vol. 12 for the Biblical Index); however one can search for the begining letters of a Biblical book in Latin, and the results will include all the entries including various endings on that lexical-root.
The other easiest way to search this database is by author (and use the selection button, with the subsequent alphabet options to do it). One can also limit results by religious order (the Order of St. Benedict, Order of the Preaching Brethren, etc.), geographical provence and the library holding the books.
The search function also searches the meta-data about the volume, sometimes including summations of contents, etc.
When the results appear, next to the author’s name is often a link that will list sources of biographical information. The number that appears nex to the result is the number of that work’s entry in the print volume. Click on that for more information on the work. If the search brings up too many results (something over around 100), it will tell you and it will not list them; further limit the search.
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Stegmuller, Fridericus – Repertorium Biblicum Medii Avei (Biblical Repertory of the Medeival Age), 11 vols. Buy (1950-80)
“…provide basic data about the individuals they reference, and then proceed to indicate in exhaustive detail what these people wrote and the location of the sources [in what libraries]… [it is] arranged alphabetically by author… [and] lists all known editions and the locations of virtually every Bible commentary… written in the Middle Ages.” — Bradley & Muller
Translated by Google from German from the website above:
“The Repertorium Biblicum Medii Aevi… lists all biblical commentaries and writings indirectly commenting on the Bible up to the year 1500. With its approx. 12,000 numbers, this directory currently contains almost 24,000 commentaries and thus catalogs a considerable part of the tradition.”
vol. 1: Initia Biblica, Apocryphal, Prologues Pre
vol. 2: Commentaries: authors A-G Pre
vol. 3: Commentaries: authors H-M Pre
vol. 4: Commentaries: authors N-Q Pre
vol. 5: Commentaries: authors R-Z
vol. 6: Commentaries: anonymous A-O
vol. 7: Commentaries: anonymous P-Z
vol. 8: Supplement Pre
vol. 9: Supplement, pt. 2, The Ordinary Gloss[es]
vol. 10: Initia Graeca, Initia Latina A-K
vol. 11: Initia Latina L-Z
vol. 12. Biblical Index, Historical Index
The Latin incipits listed in volumes 10 and 11 are now recorded on the In-Principio CD by Brépols in a revised version, along with around 900,000 Latin incipits, and are therefore accessible for full-text research.”
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The Fathers’ Citations of Scripture
Online Database
This is a massive, searchable online database of the Fathers that provides detailed references to where Scriptures are cited or alluded to in published works. For a description of the project, see ‘Overview of the Project’.
On the search page, insert at least a Biblical book, chapter and verse, then click the plus-button. Then fill in more info till the search button is clickable. If it remains greyed out, it means that not enough search info has been provided, or there are not any results for that search.
On the results page, click the maroon arrow buttons to open or close more information about the results. Each result will tell you the Father, the work of theirs, the date of the work and the theme of the work. Under ‘Biblio’ is listed the published print source the citation may be found in, with page numbers. To the right of that, in a different color, is a further source with the section and page numbers listed.
For more help with the search form, see the 3 min. video, ‘How to Use the Quotation Seachform’.
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Related Pages
Bibliographies of Commentaries on the Books of the Bible
The Writings of the Early & Medieval Church Fathers in English
Medieval Church & Renaissance History
On the Theology, Philosophy & Thought of the Medieval Church