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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... destroyed by the Romans. The briefest of all the prophets is Obadiah. The fall of Lucifer makes a contribution to New Testament diabology and its related relevance to the problem of evil and theodicy. The catastrophic consequences of ...
... destroyed the temple. Zechariah 9:1-9 prophesies in detail the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Zechariah 9:10-17 contains a wide range of types and symbols, including the resurrection. The tower is Jesus, and the ...
... destroy the former things and he henceforth may be able to have confidence in you, not only must you do nothing immodest, but also you must not even think of such. Homilies on Exodus 8.4.5 Call to Return. John Cassian: Through the ...
... destroy the bow and the sword and war from your land, and I will make you sleep securely.” Conference 12.7.4-5.9 2:23 Pity on “Not Pitied” Universal Calling of All People Foretold. Ambrose: And not only is the operation of the Father ...
... destroyed, and seek eventually the face of the Lord. ... Others consider God's place the heaven where God returns after being offended by the inhabitants of the earth, and he allows to go to ruin those who, due to the multitude of their ...
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 |