An ancient commentary on the Book of Revelation : a critical edition of the Scholia in apocalypsin
- Responsibility
- [edited and translated by] P. Tzamalikos.
- Uniform Title
- Scholia in apocalypsin. English & Latin.
- Language
- English. Parallel Greek text and English translation and commentary.
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Physical description
- xix, 464 pages ; 29 cm
Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Tzamalikos, P. (Panagiōtēs), 1951- editor, translator.
- Origen.
- Didymus, the Blind, approximately 313-approximately 398.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-440) and indexes
- Contents
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- Exordium
- Introduction
- The Scholia
- Expanded notes to the Scholia
- Glossary of names
- Glossary of terms
- Index of authors
- Biblical quotations in the Scholia.
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- Publisher's summary
-
This is a new critical edition, with translation and commentary, of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, which were falsely attributed to Origen a century ago. They include extensive sections from Didymus the Blind's lost Commentary on the Apocalypse (fourth century) and therefore counter the current belief that Oecumenius' commentary (sixth century) was the most ancient. Professor Tzamalikos argues that their author was in fact Cassian the Sabaite, an erudite monk and abbot at the monastery of Sabas, the Great Laura, in Palestine. He was different from the alleged Latin author John Cassian, placed a century or so before the real Cassian. The Scholia attest to the tension between the imperial Christian orthodoxy of the sixth century and certain monastic circles, who drew freely on Hellenic ideas and on alleged 'heretics'. They show that, during that period, Hellenism was a vigorous force inspiring not only pagan intellectuals, but also influential Christian quarters.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
Subjects
- Subjects
- Bible. Revelation > Commentaries.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2013
- Note
- Attributed to Origen, but includes work by Didymus the Blind and others.
- ISBN
- 9781107026940 (hbk)
- 1107026946 (hbk)
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