The church fathers displayed considerable interest in the early chapters of Genesis, and often wrote detailed commentaries or preached series of homilies on the Hexameron--the Six Days of Creation. This volume of Ancient Christian Texts offers a first-time English translation of Severian of Gabala's In cosmogoniam and a fresh translation of a portion of Bede the Venerable's Libri quatuor in principium Genesis.

Table of Contents

• General Introduction
• Volume Editor’s Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Translator’s Acknowledgments
• SEVERIAN OF GABALA: Homilies on Creation and Fall
• Translator’s Introduction to Severian of Gabala
• Homily One
• Homily Two
• Homily Three
• Homily Four
• Homily Five
• Homily Six
• Homily Seven
• BEDE THE VENERABLE: Commentary On Genesis: BOOK I
• Translator’s Introduction to Bede the Venerable
• Preface
• Book I