| Theodoret of Cyrus, Volume 2: The Questions on the Octateuch: On Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth Contributor(s): Hill, Robert C. (Translator), Petruccione, John F. (Revised by) |
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ISBN: 0813215005 ISBN-13: 9780813215006 Publisher: Catholic University of America Press OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2008 Annotation: Shortly before his death (ca. 460), as his health was failing, Theodoret decided to undertake a monumental project of exegesis. In the more than two decades of his episcopacy, he had commented on both the prophets and the sapiential literature of the Hebrew Scriptures. Now he would expound the historical books. For his commentary on the Octateuch, he adopted the format of question and answer. This device allowed the expositor to focus attention on particularly challenging passages that could give rise to misunderstanding. Long experience had taught him that "careless reading of holy Scripture is the cause of error among ordinary people." Intimately acquainted with every detail of the text, well-informed about contemporary Judaism, and steeped in the works of previous interpreters, he makes his way through a massive body of text with concision, a sure sense for the significant and the controversial, and a thoughtful moderation respectful of the accomplishments of Alexandrian, as well as Antiochene, biblical scholarship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 222.07 |
| LCCN: 2007001312 |
| Series: Library of Early Christianity |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.7" W x 8.33" (1.27 lbs) 431 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Catholic |
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| Publisher Description: This is one in a series of texts and translations featuring the early Christian literature of both the Eastern and Western churches (AD 150-800). |