Ancient Commentary on the Book of Revelation - A Critical Edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin

A new critical edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, which include extensive sections of Didymus' lost fourth-century commentary on Revelation.

List of contents

Exordium; Introduction; The Scholia; Expanded notes to the Scholia; Glossary of names; Glossary of terms; Index of authors; Biblical quotations in the Scholia.

About the author

Panayiotis Tzamalikos is Professor of Philosophy at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. His main research interests include the relation and interplay between Hellenism and Christianity, the roots and evolution of Christian doctrine from its origins until the ninth century, classical and late antique philosophy and its influence on Christianity, the influence of Christian thought on Neoplatonism, patristic theology, and the real import of Origenism and its various implications, from Origen's death up until the late sixth century.

Summary

A new critical edition, with translation and commentary, of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, which include extensive sections of the lost fourth-century commentary of Didymus the Blind. They reveal the tension between the imperial Christian orthodoxy of the sixth century and certain monastic communities who drew freely on still-thriving Hellenic ideas.

Product details

• Assisted by: P. Tzamalikos (Editor), P. Tzamalikos (Translation), Panayiotis Tzamalikos (Translation), P. Tzamalikos (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108730006
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73000-6
• No. of pages: 484
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Biblical Commentaries