Jeremiah, Lamentations (Hardcover)

Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, prophesied for four decades under the last five kings of Judah-from 627 to 587 B.C. His mission: a call to repentance. Among the apostolic fathers, Jeremiah was rarely cited, but several later authors give prominent attention to him, including Origen, Theodoret of Cyr, and Jerome, who wrote individual commentaries on Jeremiah, and Cyril of Alexandria and Ephrem the Syrian, who compiled catenae. Justin and Irenaeus made use of Jeremiah to define Christians over against Jews. Athanasius made use of him in trinitarian debates. Cyril of Jerusalem, Irenaeus, Basil the Great, and Clement of Alexandria all drew on Jeremiah for ethical exhortation. Lamentations, as might be expected, quickly became associated with losses and death, notably in Gregory of Nyssa's Funeral Oration on Meletius. By extension the fathers saw Lamentations as a description of the challenges that face Christians in a fallen world. In this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume, readers will find some ancient authors translated into English here for the first time. Throughout they will gain insight and encouragement in the life of faith as seen through ancient pastoral eyes.

General

Imprint:	IVP Academic
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Dean O Wenthe • Thomas C Oden
Dimensions:	262 x 185 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	373
ISBN-13:	978-0-8308-1482-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Miscellaneous items > General
LSN:	0-8308-1482-5
Barcode:	9780830814824

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