Ezekiel, Daniel (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture #13

by Kenneth Stevenson

Over forty church fathers are cited in the commentary on Ezekiel, some of whom are here translated into English for the first time. But pride of place goes to four significant extant the homilies of Origen and Gregory the Great, and the commentaries of Jerome and Theodoret of Cyr, thus bridging East and West, North and South.A similar array of fathers are found within the commentary on Daniel. Extensive comments derive from the works of Theodoret of Cyr, Hippolytus, Jerome and Isho'dad of Merv and provide a wealth of insight. Valuable commentary attributed to Ephrem the Syrian and John Chrysostom is also found here, though the authorship of these commentaries is indeed questioned.Market/Audience Readers of the ACCS series Pastors Students Scholars Features and Benefits Makes accessible early Christian commentary on Ezekiel and Daniel Covers the period from Clement of Rome (second century) to John of Damascus (mid-eighth century) Illuminates Scripture in the light of classic and consensual Christian faith Informs postcritical Christian reading and exposition of Ezekiel and Daniel Includes the RSV text

Genres: Reference, Old Testament, Theology, Church History, Christian

Hardcover

First published March 4, 2008

Reviews

[Ethan · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Review is primarily for the Ezekiel portion of the work)

Selected patristic authors' commentary on Ezekiel and Daniel.

With Ezekiel, this work prominently features Jerome and Gregory the Great.

In terms of the substance of the commentary from patristic authors: one can tell how Ezekiel did not get the treatment Isaiah or even Jeremiah did. As would be expected, heavily invested in Christological association and application. Ezekiel's temple vision seen primarily in terms of the church and its "catholic" structure in the 5th-7th centuries. Honestly, kind of disappointing.

In terms of the commentary selection: I have used many resources in this series, and never have I seen so many lacunae in collections: many passages of considerable length have no commentary provided. Somehow this book has about an equal amount of commentary for Ezekiel, a 47 chapter book and one of the major prophets, and Daniel, which has only 12. I am no patristic scholar, and it might well be that there just really isn't that much commentary on sections of Ezekiel; I am concerned that it was more of an editorial decision that really leads to an impoverishment of Ezekiel.

[Diana Kullman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Church fathers listed their own reasons for the construction of the Temple and the individual measurements of the different rooms, etc.There was a variety of ideas from these different sources.

[Jonathan]

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