RT Article
T1 Basil's Knowledge of Astronomy
JF Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
VO 26
IS 1
SP 126
OP 144
A1 Yam, Colten Cheuk-Yin 1981-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1814734449
AB This paper explores Basil’s knowledge of astronomy. It shows that Basil must have learnt astronomy already from his youth. It also demonstrates why and how Basil holds a complex attitude towards astronomy (as shown in Homily in hexaemeron 1 and 6). Finally, by comparing Basil's knowledge of this science with the astronomical handbook of his time, it argues that Basil has made use of Origen but not lavishly copied him, and the level of his astronomical knowledge did not go beyond Cleomedes' Caelestia , which is the most elementary astronomical handbook in ancient times.
K1 Basil of Caesarea
K1 Caelestia
K1 Cleomedes
K1 Genesis
K1 Homiliae in hexaemeron
K1 Origen
K1 Astrology
K1 Astronomy
K1 Exegesis
K1 Rhetoric
DO 10.1515/zac-2022-0017