Description: Further DetailsTitle: Commentary on the Twelve ProphetsCondition: NewEAN: 9780813226439ISBN: 9780813226439Publisher: The Catholic University of America PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/30/2013Description: Friend of John Chrysostom and pupil of Diodore of Tarsus, the founder of the method of exegesis practiced in Antioch, Theodore 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.Does Theodore deserve either or both of these extreme assessments? Why did his adversaries allow this one work to survive the flames untouched? Is it because, as has been said in facile repetition, ""it contains nothing of Christological import""? The truth emerging from a reading of the Commentary is that both views are wide of the mark. Theodore does not entertain a Christological interpretation of verse after verse in the manner of his Alexandrian contemporary Didymus, but he situates these twelve prophetic figures from the eighth to the sixth century of Israel's history within an overall Christological perspective. True to his school's accent on historia, however, he prefers to look for a factual basis to their prophecy (a problem in the case of Jonah), is less sensitive to the moving imagery of a Hosea or a Micah than modern readers would appreciate, and is unfamiliar with the genre of apocalyptic, which appears especially in Joel and Zechariah. Theodoret of Cyrus in the decades after Theodore's death had his works open before him as he commented on prophets, just as modern commentators will also appreciate his work.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 108mmAuthor: Theodore of MopsuestiaTranslator: Robert C. HillContributor: Robert C. Hill (Translated by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Fathers of the Church: A New Translation (Patristic Series)Item Weight: 333gRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Commentary on the Twelve Prophets
Title: Commentary on the Twelve Prophets
EAN: 9780813226439
ISBN: 9780813226439
Release Date: 11/30/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Robert C. Hill
Contributor: Robert C. Hill (Translated by)
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 436 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Commentary on the Twelve Prophets
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Christian Church / Leadership
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Subject Area: Religion
Author: Theodore of Theodore of Mopsuestia
Item Length: 8.5 in
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Series: Fathers of the Church: a New Translation (Patristic Series) Ser.
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