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Basil's Homilies on the Hexaemeron are one of the most important exegetical works of the 4th c. CE. This monograph contextualizes it into the ongoing exegetical discourse on Gen. 1 in the mid-fourth c. CE, so far neglected in scholarship. This discourse was mainly shaped by attempts to read Gen. 1 as a scientific text about the origin of the cosmos that was of higher authority than other philosophical views. Basil followed this line of interpretation, though he combined the exegetical methods of homilies with those of a commentary. In this, he proved to be remarkably independent of Origen. There is no evidence for the fact that Basil used Origen's Commentary on Genesis , which raises the more general question about the often assumed »Origenism« of Basil. Also, his Homilies on the Psalms cannot be regarded as an »Origenist« work, because allegorical interpretations play a major role in very few of these homilies only. The refutation of allegorical interpretation as displayed in the work is due not to Origen, but presumably to Didymus' exegesis of Gen. 1. By sticking to the text, Basil wanted to lead his audience to admiration of God as the creator. His audience, however, did not app

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Author

Volker Henning Drecoll

Publisher

Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG

Published

2025

Language

EN

ISBN

9783161640599

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Religious Studies