Long Suffering Love

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Holy Cross Orthodox Press

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491_9781885652584

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Pentiuc probes carefully and thoroughly into the many problems of interpretation Hosea poses, and he does so drawing on a very wide acquaintance with the ancient sources, both biblical and non-biblical, and with classical and modern scholarship, all in a variety of languag- es. Particularly valuable, indeed a distinctive contribution of Pentiuc’s work, is the extensive use of the commentaries of the ancient Church Fathers on Hosea. As Pentiuc shows, these remain fresh and provoca- tive, offering readers a rich array of insights, especially into the mean- ing of Hosea for the nature of God and His ways with humanity.—Peter Machinist, Harvard UniversityThe book represents a substantial contribution to the history of in- terpretation of the book of Hosea. Above all, the ubiquitous ‘Patristic Annotations’ make it a unique and extremely helpful commentary.—Ehud Ben Zvi, Review of Biblical LiteraturePentiuc’s work, a tour of force with many scintillating insights into the prophetic text, should be a required reading for those who, with or without a knowledge of Hebrew or Greek, wish to understand the patristic literature and Hosea in particular from a diachronic patristic / modern perspective.—Margaret Schatkin, St. Vladimir’s Theological QuaterlyThe Book of Hosea has long been recognized as a work whose theological riches are matched by its interpretive challenges. In this learned commentary, Eugen Pentiuc brings a number of resources to bear on these challenges, among them a broad familiarity with mod- ern critical scholarship and a detailed treatment of the book’s vari- ous ancient versions. However, what really distinguishes this work is Pentiuc’s extensive use of a number of patristic sources in his ongoing examinations of specific passages. This sustained engagement with both critical analysis and patristic interpretation has resulted in an immensely informative and theologically insightful t

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