
By Jerome,Thomas P. Scheck
Jerome started writing commentaries at the twelve minor prophets in 392 whereas getting ready his Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible. After finishing Nahum, Micah, Zephaniah, Haggai, and Habakkuk, he was once interrupted in 393 by way of the Origenist controversy, and then he grew to become a vocal critic of Origen of Alexandria. He comprehensive his commentaries on Jonah and Obadiah in 396. those seven commentaries are available quantity one. The Origenist controversy and his statement on Matthew occupied his time for the following a number of years. He ultimately accomplished the remainder of the twelve prophets in 406. This historic Christian textual content quantity, edited and translated by means of Thomas Scheck in collaboration with classics scholars from Ave Maria collage, comprises these ultimate 5 commentaries on Zechariah, Malachi, Hosea, Joel, and Amos.
Throughout those commentaries Jerome refers often to the paintings of earlier commentators, and his non secular exegesis is predicated seriously at the exegetical paintings of Origen—though he recognizes that "I haven't them in everything." Jerome hears in those texts God's judgment and mercy not just on Israel yet particularly at the Christian neighborhood. In Amos, for instance, he says that "whatever we've got stated approximately Judah refers back to the church." He wrestles specifically with the scandalous message of Hosea, which he refers to as drowning with Pharaoh throughout the crossing of the crimson Sea. yet he trusts that "the methods of the Lord are the examining of the outdated and New testomony, the certainty of the holy Scriptures." Jerome's magisterial commentaries aid us stroll extra faithfully in God's ways.
Read Online or Download Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets (Ancient Christian Texts) PDF
Best christian reference books
This hugely unique statement, a part of the hot overseas statement, is exclusive for how it combines matters with first-century tradition within the Roman international with realizing the textual content of Luke as a wholistic, ancient narrative.
Joshua and Judges (Texts & Contexts)
The Texts @ Contexts sequence gathers scholarly voices from various contexts and social destinations to convey new or unexpected aspects of biblical texts to gentle. Joshua and Judges focuses awareness on topics and tensions in the beginning of Israel’s tale within the Bible. How do those books symbolize conquest, struggle, trauma, violence opposed to girls and their marginalization?
Within the look for Matthean theology, students overwhelmingly strategy the Gospel of Matthew as 'the so much Jewish Gospel'. experiences of its Sitz im Leben concentrate on its dating to Judaism, even if arguing from the viewpoint that Matthew wrote from a cloistered Jewish group or because the chief of a Gentile uprising opposed to this sort of Jewish group.
Lucas (Comentario MacArthur del N.T.) (Spanish Edition)
Lucas, el más largo de los cuatro Evangelios, es único por los detalles históricos que ofrece y por cómo posiciona a Jesús como el Salvador-Rey no solo de los judíos, sino de toda los angeles humanidad. John MacArthur explica cada versículo de una manera doctrinalmente precisa y sumamente práctica. Teniendo en cuenta los contextos culturales, teológicos y del Antiguo Testamento en cada pasaje, MacArthur afronta los retos interpretativos y evalúa los diferentes puntos de vista de una forma equitativa que brinda al lector confianza en sus conclusiones.
- The Identity of God's People and the Paradox of Hebrews (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament)
- Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture
- Radical Theology: An Essay on Faith and Theology in the Twenty-First Century
- The Biblical World (Routledge Worlds)
Additional info for Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets (Ancient Christian Texts)
Sample text