Micah in Ancient Christianity: Reception and Interpretation

Riemer Roukema

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Micah in Ancient Christianity

Reception and Interpretation

Riemer Roukema

Volume 15 in the series Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110666021

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About this book

What happened when the writing of the Old Testament prophet Micah from the 8th century BCE was read and interpreted by Christians in the 1st to 5th century BCE? This research meticulously describes data from patristic commentaries and other ancient Christian works in Greek and Latin, as well as the remains of Gnostic receptions of Micah, and it analyses the interpretative strategies that were adopted. Attention is paid to the partial retrieval of Origen’s Commentary on Micah, which is lost nowadays, but was used by later Christian authors, especially Jerome. This work includes the ancient delimitation of the Septuagint version and patristic observations on the meaning of particular terms. Other aspects are the liturgical readings from Micah’s book up to the Middle Ages, its use in Christ’s complaints about Israel on Good Friday (the Improperia), and a rabbinic tradition about Jesus quoting Micah. It is noted whenever patristic authors implicitly use or explicitly quote Jewish interpretations, many of which are supplied with parallels in contemporaneous or medieval Jewish works. This first comprehensive survey of the ancient Christian reception and interpretation of Micah is a valuable tool for Biblical scholars and historians.

Survey of ancient Christian reception of the Book of Micah
Analysis of Gnostic references to Micah
Discussion of Jewish traditions preserved by ancient Christian authors

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Riemer Roukema, Protestant Theological University, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
I. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Micah in the New Testament Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
III. Church Fathers: Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
IV. Heterodox views Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
V. Patristic interpretation of Micah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
VI. Liturgical use of Micah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
VII. Jesus’ quotation of Mic 1:7 in b‘Abodah Zarah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and early Christian exegesis
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 283
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Patristics; Exegesis; Gnosticism; Liturgy

eBook

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110666021

Hardcover

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110663402