The Twelve Prophets: Volume 14Alberto Ferreiro, Thomas C. Oden "And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, [the risen Jesus] interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (Lk 24:27). The church fathers mined the Old Testament throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few books yielded as much messianic ore as the Twelve Prophets, sometimes known as the Minor Prophets because of the relative brevity of their writings. Encouraged by the example of the New Testament writers, the church fathers found numerous parallels between the Gospels and the prophetic books. Among the events foretold, they found not only the flight into Egypt after the nativity, the passion, and resurrection of Christ, and the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost, but also Judas's act of betrayal, the earthquake at Jesus' death and the rending of the temple veil. Detail upon detail brimmed with significance for Christian doctrine, including baptism and the Eucharist as well as the relation between the covenants. In this rich and vital resource you will find excerpts, some translated here into English for the first time, from more than thirty church fathers, ranging in time from Clement of Rome, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus (late first and early second centuries) to Gregory the Great, Braulio of Saragossa, and Bede the Venerable (late sixth to early eighth centuries). Geographically the sources range from the great Cappadocians—Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa—John Chrysostom, Ephrem the Syrian, and Hippolytus in the East, to Ambrose, Augustine, Cyprian, and Tertullian in the West, and Origen, Cyril, and Pachomius in Egypt. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume is a treasure trove out of which Christians may bring riches both old and new in their understanding of these ancient texts. |
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... Lord of all had bade Hosea also, therefore, marry a loose woman so as by the event to charge the people with impiety ... Lord's feet were anointed with precious ointment by the woman12 for the same reason that was customary for sensual ...
... Lord faithfully (John Cassian). True believers stay away from prostitutes and remain faithful to their first husband, the Lord. This is a call to remain faithful in total trustworthiness (Origen). God guides Israel for her well-being ...
... Lord's day, not during the Jewish sabbath. This is a clear reference to the Eucharist. The prophecy that there would ... Lord had told him previously to buy a. 14 Hosea 2:19-23 The Restoration of Gomer Hosea 3:1-5.
... Lord's Day and the Sabbath Compared. Origen: I ask, therefore, on what day the heavenly manna began to be given. I wish to compare our Lord's day with the sabbath of the Jews. For the divine Scriptures it appears that manna was first ...
... Lord wished to rise again at night; because, in the apostle's words, “God, who commanded the light to shine out of the darkness, has shone in our hearts.”9 So the Lord represented light shining out of darkness by being born at night and ...
Contents
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Joel | 57 |
Amos | 83 |
Obadiah | 117 |
Jonah | 128 |
Micah | 149 |
Nahum | 178 |
Habakkuk | 186 |
Early Christian Writers and the Documents Cited | 314 |
Biographical Sketches Short Descriptions of Select Anonymous Works | 322 |
Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Period | 345 |
Bibliography of Works in Original Languages | 352 |
Bibliography of Works in English Translation | 361 |
AuthorsWritings Index | 370 |
Subject Index | 371 |
Scripture Index | 378 |
Zephaniah | 207 |
Haggai | 219 |
Zechariah | 230 |
Malachi | 283 |
About the Editor | 383 |
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture | 384 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 385 |