Didymus,, the Blind

Commentary on Zechariah

by Didymus,, the Blind

fromFathers of the church

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"The book of Zechariah is 'the longest and most obscure' of the Twelve Minor Prophets, Jerome remarked. That may have been the reason why in 386 he visited the Alexandrian scholar Didymus the Blind and requested a work on this prophet. Though long thought to be lost, the work wa…

Allegoria und Anagoge bei Didymos dem Blinden von Alexandria

by Bienert, Wolfgang

fromPatristische Texte und Studien

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Die Erforschung der Geschichte der biblischen Hermeneutik geht von der Voraussetzung aus, daß menschliches Verstehen immer geschichtlichesVerstehen ist. "Je radikaler die Geschichtlichkeit des Verstehens erkannt wird, desto umfassender weitet sich das hermeneutische Problem. Zur…

This dissertation argues that Didymus' exegesis of Genesis is structured for the pedagogical purpose of leading ascetic students through the spiritual ascent by an appropriation of the characters in the scriptural narrative. This aspect of Didymus' exegesis has not been discusse…

The present study discusses the influence of Philo of Alexandria (ca. 15 B.C.E.–45 C.E.) on the Tura commentaries of the Christian author Didymus the Blind (ca. 313–398 C.E.). In the Tura commentaries of Didymus, the name of Philo appears a total of ten times. Seven of these can…

The study of the patristic quotations has long been appreciated as an important source in New Testament Textual Criticism. The unique value of the church Fathers lies in the fact that we know when and where a father wrote. Their citations of Scripture, both in their expositional…