Books by Bede the Venerable

From the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, Bede's authority as a scriptural exegete was second only to that of the Doctors of the Latin Church. Yet modern readers associate this remarkable scholar-monk only with his History of the English Church and Nation and ignore the works he saw as his chief accomplishment.

Best known in the Middle Ages as a scriptural exegete, Bede here provides a running gloss on the Letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude. Why he chose these `lesser letters' for his first attempt at written exegesis no one knows; perhaps he did so because so few other scriptural commentators had glossed them.

Homilies on the Gospels Book Two - Lent to the Dedication of the Church

Homilies on the Gospel Book One - Advent to Lent

Commentary on the Seven Catholic Epistles

Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles