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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... heart of evangelicals for the recovery of the history of exegesis as a basis for the renewal of preaching. This series offers resources for that renewal. Steps Toward Selections In moving from raw data to making selections, the volume ...
... idea. This feature provides a bridge by which modern readers can enter into the heart of the patristic comment. Identifying the Patristic Texts Following the topical heading of each xxxiv A Guide to Using This Commentary.
... heart of the people of Israel to despise actively the words before their eyes, which showed the afflictions coming their way. And so, if God punishes the holy prophets because of the people, he will punish even more the people ...
... hearts.”4 I note here a threefold classification: his people, his loyal servants, and those who come back to. 1FC 25:124. 2Acts 4:12. 3FC 67:49-50*. 4Ps 85:8 (84:9 LXX). 5FC 57:53. 6Jer 17:13. 7Jer 8:9. 8FC 3:91. 9Rom 9:26. 5 Hosea 1:4 ...
... heart through the law (Julian of Eclanum, Cyril of Alexandria), and grants heavenly and inner wealth to his own (Cyril of Alexandria,Theophylact). Israel will learn the lessons of suffering due to her apostasy in captivity (Theodoret of ...
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 |