Micah in ancient Christianity : reception and interpretation / Riemer Roukema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roukema, Riemer, author.

Series:

Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Bible. Micah--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Bible. Micah--Quotations in the New Testament.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 283 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What happened when the writing of the Old Testament prophet Micah from the 8th century BCE was read and interpreted by Christians in the 1st to 5th century BCE? This research meticulously describes data from patristic commentaries and other ancient Christian works in Greek and Latin, as well as the remains of Gnostic receptions of Micah, and it analyses the interpretative strategies that were adopted. Attention is paid to the partial retrieval of Origen's Commentary on Micah, which is lost nowadays, but was used by later Christian authors, especially Jerome. This work includes the ancient delimitation of the Septuagint version and patristic observations on the meaning of particular terms. Other aspects are the liturgical readings from Micah's book up to the Middle Ages, its use in Christ's complaints about Israel on Good Friday (the Improperia), and a rabbinic tradition about Jesus "ing Micah. It is noted whenever patristic authors implicitly use or explicitly "e Jewish interpretations, many of which are supplied with parallels in contemporaneous or medieval Jewish works. This first comprehensive survey of the ancient Christian reception and interpretation of Micah is a valuable tool for Biblical scholars and historians.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

I. Introduction

II. Micah in the New Testament

III. Church Fathers: Introduction

IV. Heterodox views

V. Patristic interpretation of Micah

VI. Liturgical use of Micah

VII. Jesus' quotation of Mic 1:7 in b'Abodah Zarah

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110666021

3110666022

9783110663914

3110663910

OCLC:

1121055681