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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... words and forms that are widely accepted by people who use English as a means of communication.” It attempts to set ... word order and grammatical devices of the original languages. Faithfulness in translation also includes a faithful ...
... word of the Lord” and “hear this word” demonstrate that the prophets spoke directly for God. When the prophets spoke on moral ... words and deeds of the new Moses, have prominence in the New Testament order. In the Hebrew canon the books ...
... words “children who give themselves over to whoredom.” How could they give themselves to whoredom if they were not yet born? But this means that when she has children, they too will give themselves over to whoredom in body and mind just ...
... word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.”7 The Governance of God 4.1.8 1:10 Children of the Living God ... words of Hosea's oracle reflect the frustration of. 5FC 57:53. 6Jer 17:13. 7Jer 8:9. 8FC 3:91. 9Rom 9:26. 10FC 24:122 ...
Volume 14 Alberto Ferreiro, Thomas C. Oden. Overview: The words of Hosea's oracle reflect the frustration of broken intimacy (Cyril of Alexandria). Unbelievers and schismatics are like prostitutes who have gone astray. They lead others ...
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 |