Chapter summaries and lives of the Twelve Prophets

Contents

Greek pieces for which Migne prints Greek; Latin-only pieces are not included.

Reading pages: 1–10 · 11–12

1. 1The end of Hesychius’s preface to the Twelve Prophets (on their obscurity, their dates and the antiquity of prophecy), the twenty chapter headings of Hosea, and a short life of Hosea.
2. 2The ten chapter headings of Joel, read of the Jews, the cross, the gift of the Spirit and the judgment, and a short life of Joel.
3. 3The seventeen chapter headings of Amos and a short life of Amos, followed by the first three headings of Obadiah.
4. 4A short life of Obadiah, identified with the third captain sent by King Ahaziah to Elijah.
5. 5The four chapter headings of Jonah and a life of Jonah, with the story of Elijah and the widow’s son and Jonah’s portent about Jerusalem.
6. 6The thirteen chapter headings of Micah and a short life of Micah, followed by the five chapter headings of Nahum.
7. 7A short life of Nahum, with his portent that Nineveh would perish by water and fire.
8. 8The four chapter headings of Habakkuk, part of his life and a note on the word “oracle,” followed by the seven chapter headings of Zephaniah.
9. 9A short life of Zephaniah, followed by the five chapter headings of Haggai.
10. 10A short life of Haggai, born in Babylon of priestly descent.
11. 11The thirty-two chapter headings of Zechariah and his life, the ten chapter headings of Malachi and his life, and the first eight chapter headings of Isaiah.
12. 12The opening words of the life of Malachi, displaced in the scan.