The Twelve Prophets / [print]
edited by Alberto Ferreiro ; general editor, Thomas C. Oden.
- Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)2003.
- xxv, 366 pages ; 27 cm.
- Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. Old Testament ; 14 .
- Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. Old Testament ; 14. .
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.
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. - Publisher.