Did Eusebius Read Papias?
Although the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea is our principal source of information on Papias of Hierapolis and his lost Exegesis of Dominical Oracles, it is here argued that Eusebius knew the work only at second hand. Several Papian fragments preserved elsewhere demonstrate his ignor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 163-183 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eusebius, Caesariensis 260-339, Historia ecclesiastica
/ Papias, Hierapolitanus ca. 1./2. Jh.
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | Although the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea is our principal source of information on Papias of Hierapolis and his lost Exegesis of Dominical Oracles, it is here argued that Eusebius knew the work only at second hand. Several Papian fragments preserved elsewhere demonstrate his ignorance, and his citations of the Exegesis consistently differ in style from those of works certainly known to him at first hand. Apparently, the same intermediary that informed him about both Papias's Exegesis and Hegesippus's Hypomnemata was also used in the de Boor Fragments, and this intermediary's author, perhaps Pierius of Alexandria, has handed down further Papian fragments through other works. Eusebius's lack of first-hand knowledge prevents us from fully trusting the integrity of his summaries, from giving credence to his charges of chiliasm, and from drawing any conclusions from his silence, especially on what Papias may have said about Luke and John. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flz006 |