Jeremiah, Lamentations: Volume 12

by Dean O. Wenthe (Editor), Thomas C. Oden (Editor)

Overview

Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, prophesied for four decades under the last five kings of Judah—from 627 to 587 B.C. His mission: a call to repentance. Among the apostolic fathers, Jeremiah was rarely cited, but several later authors give prominent attention to him, including Origen, Theodoret of Cyr, and Jerome, who wrote individual commentaries on Jeremiah, and Cyril of Alexandria and Ephrem the Syrian, who compiled catenae.

Justin and Irenaeus made use of Jeremiah to define Christians over against Jews. Athanasius made use of him in trinitarian debates. Cyril of Jerusalem, Irenaeus, Basil the Great, and Clement of Alexandria all drew on Jeremiah for ethical exhortation.

Lamentations, as might be expected, quickly became associated with losses and death, notably in Gregory of Nyssa's Funeral Oration on Meletius. By extension the fathers saw Lamentations as a description of the challenges that face Christians in a fallen world.

In this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume, readers will find some ancient authors translated into English here for the first time. Throughout they will gain insight and encouragement in the life of faith as seen through ancient pastoral eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830814824
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	03/05/2009
Series:	Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture , #12
Pages:	373
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Dean O. Wenthe (PhD, Notre Dame) is the president of Concordia Theological Seminary and professor of exegetical theology. He is the general editor of the Concordia Commentary on Scripture series and associate editor of the Concordia Self-Study Bible.

Thomas C. Oden (1931–2016) was the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series as well as the author of Classic Christianity, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology. His books also include The African Memory of Mark, Early Libyan Christianity, and How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind. He wasthe director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University in Pennsylvania and he also served as the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at the Graduate School and The Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

General Introduction
A Guide to Using This Commentary
Abbreviations
Introduction to Jeremiah, Lamentations
Commentary on Jeremiah
Commentary on Lamentations
Appendix: Early Christian Writers and the Documents Cited
Biographical Sketches
Timeline of Writers of the Patristic Period
Bibliography of Works in Original Languages
Bibliography of Works in English Translation
Author/Writings Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index

Editorial Reviews

"This is a fascinating and absorbing volume in an excellent commentary series."

J. Woods

"Wenthe's introduction is valuable, and he has provided helpful selections from the fathers."

January/February 2010 Preaching