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Cramer's Catena on Galatians and Origen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2016

Margaret A. Schatkin
Margaret A. Schatkin*
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Princeton Theological Seminary
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From 1838 to 1844 John Anthony Cramer, Regius Professor of Modern History in Oxford University and Dean of Carlisle, published eight volumes of Catenae on the New Testament. Using different manuscript sources for the different books, he is characterized by Heinrici as an ‘opportunist,’ who utilized available manuscript evidence without regard for its quality. Volumes six and seven (1842–1843) contain a Catena on Galatians through Hebrews inclusive, drawn from MS Paris Coislinianus graecus 204, concerning which J. A. F. Gregg has written: ‘Cramer is entitled to very real gratitude for bringing the Catena to public notice: but his edition is extraordinarily inaccurate—how inaccurate only those can fully realise who have compared it with the original.’ For the book of Galatians this Catena is of special importance, because scholars have repeatedly suggested that it may contain portions of Origen's lost exegetical work on Galatians. This paper represents an analysis of the Catena, and an evaluation of possible Origenic material therein.

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Traditio , Volume 26 , 1970 , pp. 303 - 308
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27 Turner, Thus, op. cit. 493, writes: ‘… it is certain, both from Jerome's own words in the preface to his commentary and from the parallel case of the Epistle to the Ephesians … that a very large proportion of the exhaustive commentary of Jerome is drawn directly from Origen.’ Further, Souter, op. cit. 111, states: ‘There is no doubt that a very large part of Jerome's commentary on Galatians is taken direct from Origen, though he is sometimes abridged in the process.’ In an article in Vigiliae Christianae 24 (1970) the present writer analyzes the influence of Origen upon Jerome's commentary.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

28 On the other hand, the unpublished Catena on 1 and 2 Cor., Gal., and Eph. in Vaticanus graecus 692, s. XII (Karo-Lietzmann, , op. cit. III 692) cites Origen along with a large array of other writers. It would bear investigation whether or not Origen is cited for Galatians.Google Scholar