St. Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Twelve Prophets Band III

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by  Cyril of Alexandria,  trans. Robert C. Hill

THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
VOLUME 124
THE FATHERS
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ST. CYRIL OF
ALEXANDRIA
COMMENTARY ON
THE TWELVE PROPHETS
VOLUME 3
Translated by
†ROBERT C. HILL
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, ca. 370-444.
Commentary on the Twelve Prophets / Cyril of Alexandria ; translated with
an introduction by Robert C. Hill.
p. cm. — (The Fathers of the church ; v. 124)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-8132-0115-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Bible. O.T. Prophets--
Commentaries. I. Hill, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1931– II. Title.
III. Series.
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Select Bibliography ix
COMMENTARY ON THE TWELVE PROPHETS
Commentary on the Prophet Zephaniah
Commentary on Zephaniah, Chapter One 5
Commentary on Zephaniah, Chapter Two 22
Commentary on Zephaniah, Chapter Three 36
Commentary on the Prophet Haggai
Preface to the Commentary on Haggai 61
Commentary on Haggai, Chapter One 63
Commentary on Haggai, Chapter Two 75
Commentary on the Prophet Zechariah
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter One 93
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Two 108
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Three 116
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Four 127
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Five 142
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Six 149
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Seven 158
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Eight 165
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Nine 182
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Ten 199
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Eleven 210
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Twelve 231
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Thirteen 248
Commentary on Zechariah, Chapter Fourteen 257
vi CONTENTS
Commentary on the Prophet Malachi
Preface to the Commentary on Malachi 283
Commentary on Malachi, Chapter One 286
Commentary on Malachi, Chapter Two 303
Commentary on Malachi, Chapter Three 320
Commentary on Malachi, Chapter Four 338
INDICES
Index of Proper Names 347
Index of Holy Scripture 353
ABBREVIATIONS
AnBib Analecta Biblica, Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome.
Aug Augustinianum.
BAC Bible in Ancient Christianity, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004–.
Bib Biblica.
CCG Corpus Christianorum series Graeca, Turnhout: Brepols.
CCL Corpus Christianorum series Latina, Turnhout: Brepols.
DBS Dictionnaire de la Bible. Supplément, IV, Paris: Librairie Letouzey
et Ané, 1949.
FOTC The Fathers of the Church, Washington, DC: The Catholic
University of America Press.
GO Göttinger Orientforschungen, Wiesbaden: Otto
Harrassowitz.
HeyJ The Heythrop Journal.
JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies.
LXX Septuagint.
NJBC New Jerome Biblical Commentary, ed. Raymond E. Brown,
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Roland E. Murphy, Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989.
NS New Series.
OTL Old Testament Library.
PG Patrologia Graeca, ed. J.-P. Migne, Paris, 1857–66.
Rahlfs ed. Septuaginta, ed. Alfred Rahlfs, 7th ed., Stuttgart: Württember-
gische Bibelanstalt, 1935; repr., 1962.
SC Sources Chrétiennes, Paris: Du Cerf.
StudP Studia Patristica.
TRE Theologische Realenzyclopädie, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1976–.
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