Eusebius of Caesarea's Commentary on Isaiah Christian Exegesis in the Age of Constantine

by Hollerich, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780198263685
• ISBN10: 0198263686
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-20
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
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Summary

Eusebius of Caesarea (d. 339) is our major witness to the triumph of Christianity in the early fourth century. His commentary on the book of Isaiah has only been available to modern scholars since 1975. This first comprehensive commentary examines how Eusebius interpreted Isaiah in the context of Constantine's conversion.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Abbreviations	viii
Introduction	I
Eusebius, the Bible, and Modern Scholarship	I
Purposes of the Present Study	12	(3)
The New Edition of the Commentary on Isaiah	15	(4)
Setting and Character of the Commentary on Isaiah	19	(48)
Date	19	(7)
Purposes	26	(14)
Eusebius' Predecessors: Earlier Christian Interpretation of Isaiah	40	(17)
Eusebius' Interpretation of Isaiah in His Other Works	57	(4)
The Theological Ideas of the Commentary on Isaiah	61	(6)
Eusebius as Exegete: Interpretive Method	67	(36)
The Preface to the Commentary on Isaiah	68	(2)
The Search for the Literal Meaning	70	(17)
Prophecy Fulfilled: Biblical Interpretation kata lexin and kata dianoian	87	(7)
Between Antioch and Alexandria	94	(9)
Eusebius' Political Discourse: Defining the Godly Polity	103	(28)
Graeco-Roman and Jewish Usages	105	(5)
New Testament Usage	110	(3)
Greek Christian Usage	113	(3)
Politeia and Politeuma in the Works of Eusebius	116	(3)
Politeia and Politeuma in The Proof of the Gospel	119	(6)
Politeia and Politeuma in the Commentary on Isaiah	125	(6)
The Prehistory of the Godly Polity: the Status of Judaism	131	(34)
Eusebius' Attitude to Judaism	131	(3)
The History of Israel and the History of Salvation	134	(9)
The Privileges of the Godly Polity	143	(22)
The Christian Church as the Godly Polity	165	(40)
General Considerations	165	(9)
The Godly Polity in via: the Church and the Heavenly Jerusalem	174	(1)
The Archons of the Godly Polity: the Episcopacy	175	(13)
The Roman Empire in the Commentary on Isaiah	188	(8)
Eschatology	196	(5)
Conclusion	201	(4)
Bibliography	205	(18)
Index	223