Eusebius of Caesarea’s Commentary on Isaiah

Christian exegesis in the age of Constantine

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19977367
AutoresMichael J Hollerich (autor correspondente)
Ano1999
Páginas230
Data de publicação1999-03-11
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoEusebius of Caesarea's Commentary on Isaiah (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263685.001.0001
OpenAlexW2491386858
Open LibraryOL368525M
ISBN9780198263685
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16

Eusebius of Caesarea (d. 339), bishop, church historian, and biographer of Constantine, is the major Christian witness to the Constantinian settlement. Despite his importance, his biblical exegesis has not received the attention it deserves. His Commentary on Isaiah, rediscovered in nearly complete form only this century, was written shortly after the Council of Nicaea in 325 and the unification of the empire under Constantine. It is thus an important witness to Eusebius' thinking on the Bible, the church, and the empire at a critical moment in his life and in the history of Christianity. The present book examines how the new situation influenced Eusebius' reading of Isaiah, especially as revealed in his treatment of Judaism and Jewish exegesis. It also proposes that the commentary's focus on the 'godly polity', meaning above all the church and its clergy, is a valuable corrective to interpretations of Eusebius' theology based too exclusively on the Constantinian literature

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