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      • Edited and translated by P. Tzamalikos, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2014
      November 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139208758
      9781107026940
      9781108730006
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139208758
      Dimensions:
      (276 x 219 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.52kg, 484 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      2kg, 484 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Religion
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    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.

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