Theodore of Mopsuestia

The Commentaries on the Minor Epistles of Paul

Translated with an Introduction by Rowan A. Greer

The most famous representative of the school of Antioch, Theodore of Mopsuestia penned a number of commentaries on biblical books in both Testaments. This volume offers not only an introduction to Theodore’s life and work but also the first modern-language translation of his commentaries on Paul’s minor epistles (Galatians–Philemon). The English translation is accompanied by a facing Latin/Greek text based on H. B. Swete’s 1880–1882 critical edition of these early fifth-century commentaries. As a prime example of “Antiochene” exegesis and theology, they are of considerable interest, providing valuable evidence for Theodore’s exegetical principles and practice, his Christology and doctrines of grace and free will, and his understanding of crucial developments in Christian ministry and church polity from the time of Paul to his own day.

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Category:

Religious Studies - History of Religion

BIC2:

Biblical studies & exegesis

Volume:

Series:

SBL - Writings from the Greco-Roman World

ISSN:

1569-3600

ISBN13:

9789004157408

Publication Year:

2011

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Version:

Hardback

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

xliv, 839 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Biographical note Table of contents

Biographical note

Rowan A. Greer is Professor of Anglican Studies Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of numerous books, including Origen: An Exhortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works (Paulist); Broken Lights and Mended Lives: Theology and Common Life in the Early Church (Pennsylvania State University Press); and The “Belly-Myther” of Endor: Interpretations of 1 Kingdoms 28 in the Early Church (with Margaret M. Mitchell, Society of Biblical Literature).

Abbreviations

Introduction
Theodore’s Exegesis
Theodore’s Theology and His Religious Message
The Translation
The Text and Its Apparatus
Appended Note

Texts and Translations
On Galatians
On Ephesians
On Philippians
On Colossians
On 1 Thessalonians
On 2 Thessalonians
On 1 Timothy
On 2 Timothy
On Titus
On Philemon

Select Bibliography
Primary Sources
SecondaryWorks

Indices
Swete-Greer Concordance
Commentary Index by Verse
Index of Scriptural Citations and Allusions
General Index

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