Commentary on Genesis

247 Pages·2016·1.29 MB·English

by  Didymus The Blind

THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
VOLUME 132
THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
EDITORIAL BOARD
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DIDYMUS THE
BLIND
COMMENTARY ON
GENESIS
Translated by
†ROBERT C. HILL
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Didymus, the Blind, approximately 313-approximately 398,
author. |
Hill, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1931–2007, translator.
Title: Commentary on Genesis / Didymus the Blind ; translated by
Robert C. Hill.
Other titles: Eis tåen genesin. English
Description: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press,
2016. | Series: The Fathers of the Church, a new translation ; volume 132
| Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015035574 | ISBN 9780813228457 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Genesis—Commentaries.
Classification: LCC BS1235 .D4913 2016 | DDC 222/.1107—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015035574
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note to the Reader vii
Abbreviations and Sigla ix
Select Bibliography xi
Introduction
Introduction 3
The Genesis Commentary among the Works
of Didymus 3
Text of the Commentary on Genesis; Didymus’s
Biblical Text 6
Didymus’s Approach to Scripture and Style
of Commentary 8
Didymus as Interpreter of Genesis 11
Theological Accents of the Commentary
on Genesis 17
Significance of Didymus’s Commentary
on Genesis 20
Commentary on Genesis
Chapter One 25
Chapter Two 78
Chapter Three 81
Chapter Four 114
Chapter Five 136
Chapter Six 141
Chapter Seven 166
vi CONTENTS
Chapter Eight 178
Chapter Twelve1 183
Chapter Fifteen 203
Chapter Sixteen 209
Chapter Seventeen 221
INDICES
Index of Proper Names 225
Index of Holy Scripture 229
1. Chapters 9–11 are missing from the manuscript, as are chap-
ters 13 and 14.
ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA
Abbreviations
AB Anchor Bible.
AnBib Analecta Biblica. Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome.
CCG C orpus Christianorum series Graeca. Turnhout:
Brepols.
CCL C orpus Christianorum series Latina. Turnhout:
Brepols.
CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.
DS E nchiridion Symbolorum, Definitionum et Declarationum,
34th ed., ed. H. Denzinger and A. Schönmetzer.
Freiburg: Herder, 1967.
FOTC T he Fathers of the Church. Washington, DC: The
Catholic University of America Press.
ITQ Irish Theological Quarterly.
KlT Kleine Texte für Vorlesungen und Übungen. Bonn:
A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag, 1912.
LXX Septuagint.
OCA Orientalia Christiana Analecta. Rome: Pontifical
Oriental Institute.
OTL Old Testament Library.
PG Patrologia Graeca, ed. J.-P. Migne. Paris, 1857–66.
PL Patrologia Latina, ed. J.-P. Migne. Paris, 1878–90.
SC Sources Chrétiennes. Paris: Du Cerf.
StudP Studia Patristica.
TRE Theologische Realenzyclopädie. Berlin: Walter
de Gruyter, 1976–.
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x ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA
TQ Theologische Quartalschrift.
VC Vigiliae Christianae.
VTS Vetus Testamentum, Supplement.
Sigla
Numerals in parentheses throughout the translated text indi-
cate the page numbers in SC 233 or 244.
Words in square brackets have been supplied by the translator.
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de Gruyter, 1973.
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Deconinck, J. Essai sur la chaîne de l’Octateque. Paris: Librairie Ancienne Hono-
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Origen’s Interpretation of Scripture. London: SCM, 1959.
Hill, R. C. “Psalm 45: A locus classicus for Patristic Thinking on Biblical Inspi-
ration.” StudP 25 (1993): 95–100.
———. “A Pelagian Commentator on the Psalms?” ITQ 63 (Sept. 1998):
263–71.
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