Commentary on the Twelve Prophets

✍ Scribed by Theodore, Robert C Hill (Translator)

• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 448
• Series: Fathers of the Church Patristic Series, 108
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Friend of John Chrysostom and pupil of Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore, the founder of the method of exegesis, practiced in Antioch and was appointed bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia in 392. His pedigree thus seems impeccable, as was his early reputation as a commentator on the Bible, which earned him the sobriquet The Interpreter. More than one modern scholar has been prepared to class Theodore as the foremost exponent of Antiochene exegesis. Yet not long after his death in 428 - coincidentally, but significantly, the year Nestorius acceded to the see of Constantinople - Theodore became the object of intemperate criticism by the likes of Cyril of Alexandria for his Christological views. His works were condemned by the fifth ecumenical council of 553, and only the Commentary on the Twelve Prophets, here appearing in English for the first time, survives entirely in Greek.

✦ Table of Contents

Abbreviations ix
Select Bibliography xi
Introduction 1
1. Theodore, his life and works 1
2. Text of the Commentary; Theodore’s biblical text 4
3. Theodore’s approach to Scripture in general 9
4. Theodore’s style of commentary 15
5. Theodore as interpreter of the prophets 20
6. Christological and Trinitarian theology of the Commentary 27
7. Morality and spirituality of the Commentary 31
8. Theodore’s achievement in the Commentary 32
COMMENTARY ON THE TWELVE PROPHETS
Commentary on the Prophet Hosea 37
Commentary on the Prophet Joel 103
Commentary on the Prophet Amos 126
Commentary on the Prophet Obadiah 174
Commentary on the Prophet Jonah 185
Commentary on the Prophet Micah 206
Commentary on the Prophet Nahum 245
Commentary on the Prophet Habakkuk 266
Commentary on the Prophet Zephaniah 286
Commentary on the Prophet Haggai 306
Commentary on the Prophet Zechariah 322
Commentary on the Prophet Malachi 398
INDICES
General Index 427
Index of Holy Scripture 431