The Great Cloud of Witnesses · The Long Middle
Ishodad of Merv
?–850
Syriac / Oriental voice, d. ~850
The life
Ishodad of Merv (d. ~850). Syriac / Oriental voice from the church's historical commentary tradition, present in MannaFest's quote pool with source citations. Full profile pending.
In their own words
“"No one would make a son or a daughter pass through fire." The passage through fire is the symbol of combustion. In fact, the demons demanded that [their worshipers] burn their own children, and sometimes they were immolated, sometimes they only underwent the symbolic rite …”
BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 23:10 · on the verse
“Since the Law forbade praying or sacrificing outside Jerusalem, why did Solomon offer one thousand whole burnt offerings on the altar of Gibeon? Because the tabernacle was in Gibeon, as is attested in the book of Chronicles, and therefore, out of veneration for the ancient …”
BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 3:4 · on the verse
“[The Scripture] calls "something pleasing" the fact that [Jeroboam] sent his wife to the prophet of God and not to the impostors and diviners. We must constantly admire the mercy of God, who increases many times over every good [action] performed by mortals and then …”
BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 14:13 · on the verse