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ST. CYRIL OF  
ALEXANDRIA
COMMENTARY ON 
THE TWELVE PROPHETS
VOLUME 3
Translated by
†ROBERT C. HILL
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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--
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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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