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Turin Fragments of Tyconius’ Commentary

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 20, 2007

in Ancient commentators,Tyconius

Tyconius. The Turin fragments of Tyconius’ commentary on Revelation. Ed. Francesco Lo Bue. Vol. 7 of Texts and Studies; Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature; New Series. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1963. xv + 198 pp. According to Weinrich, not all of these fragments are genuine Tyconius-fragments. Includes bibliography at pp. 39-42.

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Victorin, Sur l’Apocalypse

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 20, 2007

in Ancient commentators,Victorinus of Poetovio

Victorin. Sur l’Apocalypse: suivi du fragment chronologique et de La construction du monde: introduction, texte critique, traduction, commentaire et index. Ed. Martine Dulaey. Vol. 423 of Sources Chrétiennes. Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1997. 243 pp. According to Weinrich, Dulaey’s notes are helpful.

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Victorinus, Opera

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 20, 2007

in Ancient commentators,Victorinus of Poetovio

Victorinus, Marius Fabius. Victorini episcopi Petavionensis Opera: recensvit, commentario critico instrvxit, prolegomena et indices adiecit Iohannes Havssleiter. Adiectae svnt sex tabvlae lvcis ope depictae. (Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 49). Ed. Johannes Haussleiter. Vindobonae: F. Tempsky, 1916. lxxiv + 194 pp. Six diagrams.(According to Weinrich, Haussleiter’s critical edition of Commentarii in Apocalypsin Editio Victorini is vol. [...]

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Steinhauser, Commentary of Tyconius

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 20, 2007

in Ancient commentators,Primasius,Tyconius

Steinhauser, Kenneth B. The Apocalypse Commentary of Tyconius: A History of Its Reception and Influence. Vol. 301 of European University Studies, Series 23: Theology. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1987. According to Weinrich, Steinhauser provides a careful analysis. Weinrich included the commentary by Primasius because it preserves significant Tyconius-material, although not as much as the [...]

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Weinrich, William C., ed. Revelation. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, vol. 12. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2006. xxxii + 454 pp. RRP $40.00 (but street prices are much cheapter). ISBN: 0830814973 This volume is strongly recommended. In the ideal world, students would read the ancient Christian commentaries themselves in the original language. In the [...]

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Oecumenius, Commentary

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 12, 2007

in Ancient commentators,Oecumenius of Isauria

Oecumenius: Commentary on the Apocalypse. Trans. John N. Suggit. (Fathers of the Church). Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2006. Cloth, xii + 216 pp. $34.95. Oecumenius’ commentary may be the earliest extant Greek commentary. This makes it a very important one. It is reviewed Pieter G. R. de Villiers in Review of Biblical [...]

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St. Victorinus of Poetovio

by Georg S. Adamsen on September 6, 2007

in Ancient commentators,Victorinus of Poetovio

Victorinus (3rd century): “St Victorinus of Poetovio: Commentary on the Apocalypse.” Trans. Kevin P. Edgecomb. Available from http://www.bombaxo.com/victapoc.html. [Accessed September 6th, 2007]. Kevin P. Edgecomb’s website features an English translation of St. Victorinus of Poetovio (Poetovionensis): Commentary on the Apocalypse (second half of the third century), based on the text published in Sources Chretiennes. See [...]

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