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Commentary on the Twelve Prophets (Paperback)
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Commentary on the Twelve Prophets (Paperback)
Series: Fathers of the Church: A New Translation (Patristic Series)
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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.
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