Sprache:
Französisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Apocrypha; revue internationale des littératures apocryphes
Angaben zur Quelle:
31 (2020) 19-31
Schlagwort(e):
Thalassius,
;
Maximus,
;
Esdras, 1st Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian
Kurzfassung:
The only partial commentary by a Greek Church Father on the book of the First Esdras in the Septuagint has been made by Maximus the Confessor in the beginning of the 630s. It is the Questiones ad Thalassium. Thalassios, a Libyan higoumen, asks three questions (see Annex) on this book. He makes a confusion between First Esdras and Second Esdras. This proves how little he cares about this text and his alleged author Esdras. He is even in doubts about its inspiration by the Holy Spirit. Maximus does not correct this mistake in his commentary. For him, the main character Zerubbabel is both the figure of Jesus Christ and a master of wisdom, a philosopher hero. So Maximus and Thalassios are witnesses of a reading where Zerubbabel outshines Esdras (at the same time character and alleged author). This is the first step in direction of the late reception of the text, for instance in the Georgian tradition in the Oshki Bible (10th century) where the book is named Esdras-Zerubbabel.
DOI:
10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.123179
URL:
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