Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy: Sermons on the Lives and Works of the Patriarchs and Prophets of the Old Testament
by Protopresbyter James Thornton
“[...I]t seemed to this author that it would be of benefit to the faithful to learn something of the holy men of the Old Testament and through their stories and experiences to gain some appreciation of the vast expanse of the four-thousand-year-long history of the struggle for sanctity, what specialists often call the Heilsgeschichte, the ‘holy history,’ the history of God’s interaction with mankind. The need for the further presentation and elucidation of the Old Testament stories in an Orthodox Christian context was to me especially urgent since Orthodox Christians, at least those in America, are inadequately instructed in this subject and are often, therefore, the easy prey of sectarians of various stripes, who are always ready to exploit such circumstances to their own profit. That is unfortunate, even shameful, since Orthodox Christians are as much the true heirs to the legacy of the heroes of the Old Testament as they are to the legacy of the heroes of the New, and of all subsequent Christian history.” —“Preface and Acknowledgements”
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements Sermon One Introduction Sermon Two Holy Patriarch and Righteous Forefather Abraham (Abraam) Sermon Three Holy Patriarch Isaac (Isaak) Sermon Four Holy Patriarch Jacob (Iakob) Sermon Five Holy Patriarch Joseph (Ioseph) Sermon Six Holy Prophet Job (Iob) Sermon Seven Holy Prophet and God-Seer Moses (Moÿses) Sermon Eight Holy Prophet Joshua (Iesous) Sermon Nine Holy Prophet Samuel (Samouel) Sermon Ten Holy Prophet-King David (Dauid) Sermon Eleven Holy Prophet-King Solomon Sermon Twelve Holy Prophet Joel (Ioel) Sermon Thirteen Holy Prophet Jonah (Ionas) Sermon Fourteen Holy Prophet Elias (Elijah), Part I Sermon Fifteen Holy Prophet Elias (Elijah), Part II Sermon Sixteen Holy Prophet Elisha (Eliseos) Sermon Seventeen Holy Prophet Amos Sermon Eighteen Holy Prophet Hosea (Osee) Sermon Nineteen Holy Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) Sermon Twenty Holy Prophet Isaiah (Esaias) Sermon Twenty-One Holy Prophet Micah (Michaias) Sermon Twenty-Two Holy Prophet Nahum (Naoum) Sermon Twenty-Three Holy Prophet Jeremiah (Ieremias) Sermon Twenty-Four Holy Prophet Baruch (Barouch) Sermon Twenty-Five Holy Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) Sermon Twenty-Six Holy Prophet Tobit Sermon Twenty-Seven Holy Prophet Habakkuk (Ambakoum) Sermon Twenty-Eight Holy Prophet Ezekiel (Iezekiel) Sermon Twenty-Nine Holy Prophet Daniel Sermon Thirty Holy Prophet Haggai (Angaios) Sermon Thirty-One Holy Prophet Zechariah (Zacharias) Sermon Thirty-Two Holy Prophet Malachi (Malachias) Sermon Thirty-Three Holy Prophet Ezra (Esdras) Sermon Thirty-Four Holy Prophet Nehemiah (Neemias) Sermon Thirty-Five Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John Bibliography Index of Names
Item Number: BKM864 Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2010 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.6 cm Additional Information: two-color printing ISBN: 978‒0‒911165‒88‒3
