This is the first English translation of Marius Victorinus' commentary on Galatians. Analytical notes, full bibliography, and a lengthy introduction make this book a valuable resource for the study of the first Latin commentator on Paul. No such comparable work exists in English; and this volume engages fully with German, French, and Italian scholarship on Victorinus' commentaries. A number of themes receive special treatment in a lengthy introduction: the relation of Victorinus' exegetical efforts to the trinitarian debates; the iconography of the apostle Paul in mid-fourth-century Rome; Victorinus' exegetical methodology; his intentions as a commentator; and the question of his influence on later Latin commentators (Ambrosiaster and Augustine).
Author(s): Stephen Andrew Cooper
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 430
Contents......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 15
PART I. INTRODUCTION......Page 18
1. A Chapter in the History of Biblical Exegesis......Page 20
2. The Life and Times of Marius Victorinus......Page 33
3. The Apostle Paul in Fourth-Century Roman Art......Page 58
4. Exegesis and Interpretation in Victorinus’ Commentaries......Page 105
5. Situating Victorinus’ Commentaries on Paul......Page 144
6. Influence of Victorinus’ Commentaries on Later Latin Exegetes......Page 199
PART II. MARIUS VICTORINUS’ COMMENTARY ON GALATIANS: TRANSLATION......Page 264
Book I......Page 266
Book II......Page 312
1. The Order of the Commentaries......Page 363
2. Misreading of the Greek of Gal. 1: 10......Page 378
3. Vetus Latina of Galatians in Victorinus’ Commentary......Page 383
Bibliography......Page 387
C......Page 421
M......Page 422
R......Page 423
V......Page 424
T......Page 425
Z......Page 426
H......Page 427
U......Page 428
Y......Page 429
Index of Biblical Passages......Page 430
