New Evidence for Severus of Antioch's Correspondence with the "patricia" Caesaria (CPG 7071,11): Ethiopic Fragments Related to the Origin of Evil and the Resurrection of the Dead
In late Roman Egypt, a woman of high-standing named Caesaria corresponded extensively with Severus of Antioch, a bishop who had relocated to Egypt in exile. A few complete letters from their correspondence survive, and many fragments are scattered in florilegia, in biblical catenae, and as quotation...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 305-345 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Severus of Antiochia 465-538
/ Written correspondence
/ Text history
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Translation
B Resurrection of the Dead B Evil B Gregory of Nyssa B Ethiopic B Severus of Antioch |
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| Summary: | In late Roman Egypt, a woman of high-standing named Caesaria corresponded extensively with Severus of Antioch, a bishop who had relocated to Egypt in exile. A few complete letters from their correspondence survive, and many fragments are scattered in florilegia, in biblical catenae, and as quotations in other works. The present paper argues that a reading for the Thursday after Easter found in an Ethiopic homiliary for the season of Pentecost contains three genuine excerpts from their correspondence. These three excerpts discuss the origin of evil and the resurrection of the dead, drawing on both the biblical text as well as the writings of Gregory of Nyssa. The excerpts offer important information about Severus's correspondence with Caesaria as well as the circulation of early Christian writings in early Solomonic Ethiopia. An edition and translation of the excerpts follow in the appendices. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2022-0023 |