Early Christians were fed by their pastors a solidly scriptural diet from both the Old and the New Testaments. The commentary on Daniel by Theodoret, a member of the school of Antioch and fifth-century bishop of Cyrus, illustrates the typically Antiochene approach to biblical texts and shows the commentator posing key questions such as, What is prophecy? or What does a prophet do? While demonstrating the moderation for which his approach to the Bible became proverbial, Theodoret here instructs his readers to see in the dreams and visions of Daniel the pattern of prediction and fulfillment that guarantees for an Antiochene the authenticity of true prophecy. This commentary, with Greek text and English translation on facing pages, will be valuable to biblical and patristic scholars, theologians, and church historians.
Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
- ISBN10 9004130519
- ISBN13 9789004130517
- Publish Date 13 October 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 May 2014
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 342
- Language English
- URL http://brill.com/product_id24874