Language:
French
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Revue Bénédictine
Angaben zur Quelle:
132,2 (2022) 349-373
Keywords:
Basil, Criticism and interpretation
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian Early church, ca. 30-600
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History
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Abstract:
This article intends to look into the literary genesis of the Commentary on Isaiah attributed to Basil of Caesarea. Focusing on the multiple exegesis of Is 5:1b and 5:11-12, it highlights the composite and inconsistent nature of these sections. In fact, what looks like a plural reading of Is 5:1b is a heterogeneous collection of interpretations around this verse, which draws on now lost sources, one of which is also attested in Nilus’ correspondence. As for the long section on Is 5:11-12, it consists of a heteroclite and ill-ordered mixture of interpretations and developments around this passage, which presents a notable dependence on Basil of Caesarea’s homilies, especially the In ebriosos, and Origen’s (lost) commentary on Isaiah. Instead of a learned biblical commentary, this is a rather second-hand exegesis, which awkwardly combines various borrowed elements, more or less reworked, with one another and with the confused voice of the Commentary’s “author”.
DOI:
10.1484/J.RB.5.131752
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