The questions on the Octateuch

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by  Theodoret of Cyrrhus

TheQuestionsontheOctateuch
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations xi
IntroductiontoTheodoret’sLifeandWorks xix
. Theodoret,xixnn
. TheCircumstancesofCompositionoftheQuestions
ontheOctateuch,xxnn
. Theodoret’sBiblicalText,xxiinn\
. Theodoret’sApproachtoScripture,xxviinn
. TheSourcesofTheodoret’sExegesis,xxxnn
. Theodoret’sStyleofCommentary:TheGenreofQuestions,xxxiinn
. Theodoret’sPositionontheOctateuch,xxxviinn
. TheodoretasInterpreteroftheOctateuch,xlinn
. TheologicalIssuesintheQuestionsontheOctateuch,xlvinn
.Theodoret’sAchievementintheQuestionsontheOctateuch,lnn
.TheIdentification,Translation,andPresentationofTheodoret’s
QuotationsofScripture[J.F.P.],liimn
IntroductiontotheGreekText(J.F.P.) lvii
. ThisEditionandItsAntecedents,lviimm
. CorrigendatotheMadridEdition,lxxviiinn
Bibliography lxxxvii
Conspectussiglorum xcvii
. TheManuscriptsandTheirContents,xcviin
. SignsandAbbreviationsUsedintheGreekTextandthe
CriticalNotes,ciiinn
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TheQuestionsonGenesis 
TheQuestionsonExodus 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
JohnF.Petruccione,EditorialDirector
oftheLibraryofEarlyChristianity
IammostgratefultoProfessorRobertC.Hillforchoosingthis
nascent series for his fine translation of and commentary on
Theodoret’s Questions on the Octateuch.We had intended to print
thisworkasthefirstvolumeof theLEC,butasthemanuscriptex-
tendedtoalengthgreaterthananticipated,Dr.McGonagle,Direc-
tor of the CUA Press, and I decided to divide it between volumes
one and two.We hope that we have consulted the interests of our
readersbyproducing,ratherthanoneveryunwieldyandexpensive
tome,twobooksofmanageablesizeandlowerprice.
Both Prof.Hill and I owe debts of gratitude to those who have
advisedandassistedusinthislargeproject.FatherNatalioFernán-
dez Marcos has looked through lists of questions regarding errata,
variantreadings,andissuesof punctuation.Inaddition,hehaspa-
tientlyanswerednumerousqueriesregardingthecontentsandlacu-
naeof individualmanuscripts.Dr.FrançoisePetithasprovidedin-
formation regarding the source of passages erroneously attributed
toTheodoretbytheCatenaNikephori.ThoughIshouldhavebeen
abletolocateallofthesewithinhermeticulouseditionsoftheCate-
naeonGenesisandExodus,shekindlyrepliedtoarequestfordirect
assistance,thus rescuing me from my own confusions and sparing
mesomehoursofsearching.
I have frequently received assistance from my colleagues at the
CatholicUniversityofAmerica.Drs.WilliamMcCarthyandEustra-
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Acknowledgments
tios Papaioannou (now of Brown University) entertained queries
regardingGreekusage,andDr.McCarthyalsoprovidedsomeuseful
bibliographical suggestions.I am especially indebted to Dr.Robert
Caldwell, who devoted several evenings to discussing textual vari-
ants as well as issues of translation and punctuation. I am certain
thathisadviceledmetobettersolutionsonanumberofpoints.My
retired colleague, Dr. M. Scowcroft, has kindly provided informa-
tiononthems.Dublin,TrinityCollege,D...
Myresearchassistantshaveperformedsomeverylargetaskses-
sentialtothecompletenessandaccuracyof thisvolume.Mr.Daryl
GrissomhasproofreadtheentireGreektextonceandlargesections
of it a second time. Mrs. Rachel Gilbert has also assisted in the
proofreading of both the Greek text and the“Introduction to the
GreekText.”ThroughoutMr.BrentGilberthasbeenmyprimaryas-
sistant.Afterhelpingmecompiletheapparatusof ancientsources,
heenteredallthecall-outlettersinboththeGreektextandtheEng-
lishtranslation.Inaddition,heproofreadsectionsoftheGreektext
andallthetextualnotes,compiledtheIndexscripturisticus,andas-
sistedinthecompilationoftheotherindices.Indeed,hiscriticalat-
tentiontomyriaddetailshasimprovedeveryaspectofthisvolume.
We have been particularly fortunate to have the editorial assis-
tanceof SusanBarnes.Shehasreadtheentiremanuscriptwithher
eagle’seyeforinconsistencies,infelicities,andlackof clarity.Inad-
dition,herknowledgeofbothpatristicliteratureandtheGreeklan-
guage has spared us the embarrassment, and the reader the con-
fusion,thatwouldhavearisenfrommanyamisstatementorinaccu-
ratetranslation.Hercontributionisthusthatofscholarlyreaderas
well as copy editor,functions seldom performed by the same per-
son.
Finally, I wish to thank the many generous patrons who have
contributedtowardtheendowmentof thisseries.Iamparticularly
grateful to my professional colleagues, the members of the North
AmericanPatristicSociety,whohaveofferedbothmoralandfinan-
cialsupport.Theyhavewaitedalongtimeforvolumeone.
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RobertC.Hill
I am grateful to Dr.J.Petruccione,the Editorial Director of the
LibraryofEarlyChristianity,andtoDr.D.McGonagle,Directorof
theCUAPress,fortheirdecisiontoprintthisworkinthefirstvol-
umesof theLEC.Itowesmuchtothepainstakingattentionof the
EditorialDirector.
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