The Twelve Prophets / edited by Alberto Ferreiro ; general editor, Thomas C. Oden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferreiro, Alberto.

Oden, Thomas C.

Series:

Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. Old Testament ; 14.

Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. Old Testament ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Minor Prophets--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Minor Prophets.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Physical Description:

xxv, 366 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, [2003]

Summary:

"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, not because of their relative importance but because of the relative brevity of their writings.Encouraged by the example of the New Testament writers themselves, 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 outpuoring 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 edited by Alberto Ferreiro 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.Here is a treasure trove out of which Christians may bring riches both old and new in their understanding of these ancient texts.

Contents:

Introduction to the Twelve Prophets

Commentary on Hosea

Commentary on Joel

Commentary on Amos

Commentary on Obadiah

Commentary on Jonah

Commentary on Micah

Commentary on Nahum

Commentary on Habakkuk

Commentary on Zephaniah

Commentary on Haggai

Commentary on Zechariah

Commentary on Malachi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-353) and indexes.

ISBN:

0830814841

OCLC:

51544138