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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... prayer, study and proclamation. By calling attention to the rich Christian heritage preceding the separations between East and West and between Protestant and Catholic, this series will perform a major service to the cause of ecumenism ...
... Prayer and the Spiritual Life, translated by Sebastian Brock, Cistercian Studies 101, ©1987; The Commentary on the Seven Catholic Epistles of Bede the Venerable, translated by David Hurst, Cistercian Studies 82, ©1985; The Venerable ...
... prayer and service (crisis ministries, urban and campus ministries, counseling ministries, retreat ministries, monasteries, grief ministries, ministries of compassion, etc.) are being drawn steadily and emphatically toward these ...
... Prayer and Selected Writings. Translated by Rowan A. Green. New York: Paulist, 1979. St. Cyril of Alexandria. On the Unity of Christ. Translated by John Anthony McGuckin. Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000. John ...
... prayer for all nations,”10 so too the Lord Jesus to Ananias: “Go, for he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before all nations.”11 On the Holy Spirit 2.10.101.12 Gentiles Are the Beloved. Chrysostom: Here to prevent their saying ...
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 |