Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
from Part II - Expanded Notes to the Scholia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
Summary
EN XXVIa: οὐσιωθῆναι
This infinitive form is extremely rare. No more than four instances can be identified prior to the fifth century AD. Among them, we find both Didymus and Theodoret, but definitive ascription should be cautious, since it may well be the vocabulary of a catenist rather than of the authors themselves. In addition, we encounter a characteristic usage such as this in Pseudo-Justin: hence the likelihood that Cassian was the real author of this text remains strong. I believe, therefore, that the present infinitive-form in the Scholion is Cassian’s own.
EN XXVIb: κτίζον-κτιζόμενον
The distinction is made between the ‘Being of the Creator himself’ and that of ‘rational beings’, that is, creatures. The first half of this introductory period refers to the uncreated Logos, according to the common theological theme that the One who spoke throughout biblical history was God the Logos. He is also the same one who appeared in the apocalyptic vision of Revelation. The second half of the period refers to rational creatures, echoing Origen’s doctrine of creation: the object of creation was the ‘reasons’: it was according and after them that actual creatures came into being. Thus οὐσιωθῆναι refers to the creation of the ‘reasons’ (λόγοι), according to which creation was produced, whereas κτισθῆναι points to the actual creation. The author remains faithful to Origen’s distinction.
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- An Ancient Commentary on the Book of RevelationA Critical Edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, pp. 313 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013