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Commentary on the Twelve Prophets, Volume 1

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by Saint Cyril Of Alexandria

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      Saint Cyril Of Alexandria

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      The Catholic University of America Press

    • Published

      November 2013

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    Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria (412-444), is best known as a protagonist in the christological controversy of the second quarter of the fifth century. Readers may be surprised therefore to find such polemic absent from this early work on the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. Another possibly unexpected feature of this Alexandrian commentary is its focus on historical exegesis, which reveals Cyril's serious interest in the fortunes of the people of Israel and Judah in the centuries preceding and following the exile. Unlike his predecessor Didymus the Blind, Cyril abjures an approach that dismisses the historicity of the text (as in his opening defense of Hosea's marriage), and he proceeds to other levels of interpretation, moral and spiritual, only after a preliminary examination of the historical. Indebted to the diverse approaches of Didymus, Jerome, and Theodore, Cyril appears in this work as a balanced commentator, eclectic in his attitude and tolerant of alternative views.
    Although he displays an occasional uncertainty in his grasp of historical and geographical details, as well as an inclination to verbosity, Cyril has conspicuously influenced the exegesis of his younger contemporary Theodoret of Cyrus, and has made a vital contribution to the development of biblical interpretation in the church.

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    • Author

      Saint Cyril Of Alexandria

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      The Catholic University of America Press

    • Published

      November 2013

    • Weight

      418g

    • Page Count

      317

    • Dimensions

      140 x 216 x 19 mm

    • ISBN

      9780813226262

    • ISBN-10

      0813226260

    • Eden Code

      4451101

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    • Author/Creator: Saint Cyril Of Alexandria

    • ISBN: 9780813226262

    • Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press

    • Release Date: November 2013

    • Weight: 418g

    • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 19 mm

    • Eden Code: 4451101


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