Commentary on the Twelve Prophets (Fathers of the Church (Hardcover))

✍ Scribed by Theodore

• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 452
• 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

CONTENTS
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Introduction
1. Theodore, his life and works
2. Text of the Commentary; Theodore’s biblical text
3. Theodore’s approach to Scripture in general
4. Theodore’s style of commentary
5. Theodore as interpreter of the prophets
6. Christological and Trinitarian theology of the Commentary
7. Morality and spirituality of the Commentary
8. Theodore’s achievement in the Commentary
COMMENTARY ON THE TWELVE PROPHETS
Commentary on the Prophet Hosea
Commentary on the Prophet Joel
Commentary on the Prophet Amos
Commentary on the Prophet Obadiah
Commentary on the Prophet Jonah
Commentary on the Prophet Micah
Commentary on the Prophet Nahum
Commentary on the Prophet Habakkuk
Commentary on the Prophet Zephaniah
Commentary on the Prophet Haggai
Commentary on the Prophet Zechariah
Commentary on the Prophet Malachi
INDICES
General Index
Index of Holy Scripture