The Minor Prophets as Christian Scripture in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria
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- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 June 2018
- ISBN 9780198824534
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages282 pages
- Size 224x148x22 mm
- Weight 482 g
- Language English 0
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This work compares the Minor Prophets commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria, isolating the role each interpreter assigns the Twelve Prophets in their ministry to Old Testament Israel and the texts of the Twelve as Christian scripture.
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This work compares the Minor Prophets commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria, isolating the role each interpreter assigns the Twelve Prophets in their ministry to Old Testament Israel and the texts of the Twelve as Christian scripture. Hauna T. Ondrey argues that Theodore does acknowledge christological prophecies, as distinct from both retrospective accommodation and typology. A careful reading of Cyril's Commentary on the Twelve limits the prospective christological revelation he ascribes to the prophets and reveals the positive role he grants the Mosaic law prior to Christ's advent. Exploring secondly the Christian significance Theodore and Cyril assign to Israel's exile and restoration reveals that Theodore's reading of the Twelve Prophets, while not attempting to be christocentric, is nevertheless self-consciously Christian. Cyril, unsurprisingly, offers a robust Christian reading of the Twelve, yet this too must be expanded by his focus on the church and concern to equip the church through the ethical paideusis provided by the plain sense of the prophetic text. Revised descriptions of each interpreter lead to the claim that a recent tendency to distinguish the Old Testament interpretation of Theodore (negatively) and Cyril (positively) on the basis of their "christocentrism" obscures more than it clarifies and polarizes no less than earlier accounts of Antiochene/Alexandrian exegesis. The conclusion argues against replacing old dichotomies with new and advocates rather for an approach that takes seriously Theodore's positive account of the unity and telos of the divine economy and the full range of Cyril's interpretation.
The work establishes itself as necessary reading for anyone approaching patristic exegesis. Ondrey's work is one of compelling prose, rigorous research, and significant erudition.
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations
Introduction: Theodore and Cyril in Context
Part I - One Divine Economy in Two Testaments
A Nexus of Commentators on the Twelve: Theodore and Cyril's Defense of Historia
Part II - The Ministry of the Twelve Prophets to Old Testament Israel
Theodore of Mopsuestia: The Twelve within the First Age
Cyril of Alexandria: The Twelve within the First Covenant
Part III - The Ministry of the Texts of the Twelve to the Church
Theodore of Mopsuestia: The Twelve as Christian Scripture
Cyril of Alexandria: The Twelve as Christian Scripture
Theodore and Cyril in Dialogue: Analysis and Implications
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