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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... fathers of the church, spans the era from Clement of Rome (fl. c. 95) to John of Damascus (c. 645-c. 749). The commentary thus covers seven centuries of biblical interpretation, from the end of the New Testament to the mid-eighth ...
... Fathers of the Church series (Catholic University of America Press), Ancient Christian Writers (Paulist), Cistercian Studies (Cistercian Publications), The Church's Bible (Eerdmans), Message of the Fathers of the Church (Michael Glazier ...
... Fathers. Athanasius is not owned by Copts, nor is Augustine owned by North Africans. These minds are the common ... Father Francis Martin of the Catholic University of America, Alberto Ferreiro of Seattle Pacific University, and ...
... Fathers in Translation. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist, 1946-. A. Roberts and J. Donaldson, eds. Ante-Nicene Fathers. 10 vols. Buffalo, N.Y.: Christian Literature, 1885-1896. Reprint, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1951-1956. Reprint, Peabody ...
... Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church Anterior to the Division of the East and West. Translated by members of the English Church. 44 vols. Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1800-1881. Eugen J. Pentiuc. Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea ...
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 |