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Ezekiel, Daniel
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
The books of Ezekiel and Daniel are
rich in imagery taken up afresh in the
New Testament. Echoes of Ezekiel--with
its words of doom and promises of hope,
the vision of a new temple and its
scroll-eating prophet--are especially
apparent in the book of Revelation.
Daniel is most notable in supplying
terminology and imagery for Jesus of
Nazareth's favored self-description
as "Son of man," a phrase also found in
Ezekiel and one which John the seer
employs repeatedly in describing the
exalted figure of his vision on the
island of Patmos. The four beasts of
Daniel find their counterparts in the
lion, ox, man and eagle of Ezekiel and
Revelation. It is no wonder these
books, despite the difficulties in
interpreting them, took hold on the
imagination of the early church.
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 works: 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. Michael Glerup and Kenneth
Stevenson edit this collection.
- Type: Hardcover
- Pages: 378
- ISBN: 9780830814831
- SKU: 9780830814831
- Publisher: Intervarsity Press