Description
Book SynopsisThis is a critical edition of a newly discovered Greek manuscript: a full commentary from Codex 199, Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre, Constantinople, entitled Wisdom of Solomonan interpretation of Solomon's Book of Wisdom, by Origen, as they say'. The book includes critical apparatus, commentary, and English translation.
The Introduction acquaints readers with the text, as well as its late Byzantine context. In the manuscript both the Biblical text (quoted lemma after lemma) and the commentary are presented in full, which makes the document a valuable one for Old Testament scholars, since it contains not only the full commentary, but also the entire text of the Book of Wisdom, which at points has some interesting variations from all extant codices of the Septuagint.
Intriguingly, Origen''s name is on the rubric, but as author Panayiotis Tzamalikos demonstrates, the most likely author is Nikephorus Gregoras. Study of Gregoras' predecessors, arc
Table of Contents
Preface – Abbreviations – Introduction – Greek Text – Translation – Appendix: Origen, Maximus Confessor, and Neoplatonism – Bibliography – Index of Ancient and Medieval Names – Index of Modern Names.
