The Trouble with ἐπιφέρετο: Basil’s <i>Hexaemeron</i> 2.6 in ContextOrientalia Christiana PeriodicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/K9MX8RZQ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Jonathan AndrewLoopstraThe Trouble with ἐπιφέρετο: Basil’s <i>Hexaemeron</i> 2.6 in Contexthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/K9MX8RZQhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/K9MX8RZQhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/K9MX8RZQOrientalia Christiana Periodica76:12010145-160Basil’s appeal to a mysterious Syrian source in Hexaemeron 2.6 has rightfully attracted the attention of many earlier scholars. Little attention, however, has been given to the possible reasons why Basil chose to explain the meaning of the Semitic Vorlage instead of elucidating the LXX’s ἐπιφέρετο in Genesis 1:2. This paper will show that there existed considerable ambiguity over the proper definition of this LXX reading among Basil’s near contemporaries. As a sensitive pastor, Basil may have been aware of the ambiguities surrounding the use of ἐπιφέρετο in Genesis 1:2, causing him to turn to the interpretation of a Syrian exegete.
Loopstra, Jonathan Andrew. “The Trouble with Ἐπιφέρετο: Basil’s Hexaemeron 2.6 in Context.” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 76:1 (2010): 145–60.
Jonathan Andrew Loopstra, The Trouble with Ἐπιφέρετο: Basil’s Hexaemeron 2.6 in Context,” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 76:1 (2010): 145–60.Basil of CaesareaEusebius of EmesaGen 1:2GenesisGnosticismHoly SpiritIV CEOld TestamentSyriac influence [Byzantine church]creationexegesis