Abstract
Abstract This essay chronicles the study of patristic biblical interpretation in China, first, by tracing the development from the early days of the spread of Christianity; second, by introducing notable translations of patristic texts that have enshrined in them some biblical interpretations; and finally, by investigating selected modern Chinese scholars’ work, which sets the tone for further studies in this particular area. Some paradigmatic studies in recent times indicate the main direction of research in China, such as a distinct sense of wanting to let the early fathers speak again in their context and discarding the traditional bias in the West towards typology and allegory as hermeneutical tools. The widespread use of these tools was well accepted in China. Recently, academics with or without a Christian background have contributed to the appreciation of patristic study in general and biblical interpretation in particular, albeit from a cultural perspective.
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