‘At that Time the Group Around Maximian was Enjoying Imperial Power’: an Interpolation in Gregory of Nyssa's Homily in Praise of Theodore

The sentence ‘For at that time the group around Maximian was enjoying imperial power’, the only chronological indicator in Gregory of Nyssa's In Theodorum, may be identified on literary grounds as a scribal interpolation. When this is recognized, the Passio Theodori (BHG 1761) becomes the oldes...

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Published in:Journal of theological studies 2006-04, Vol.57 (1), p.158-163
Main Author: Leemans, Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Christianity : 4th-6th century. East
Copyists
Doctrine and exegesis
Early christianity (1st-6th century)
Emperors
Gregory of Nyssa (335?-94?)
History and sciences of religions
Interpolation
Martyrdom
Martyrs
NOTES AND STUDIES
Sacred texts
Theology
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Summary:The sentence ‘For at that time the group around Maximian was enjoying imperial power’, the only chronological indicator in Gregory of Nyssa's In Theodorum, may be identified on literary grounds as a scribal interpolation. When this is recognized, the Passio Theodori (BHG 1761) becomes the oldest evidence for the dating of Theodore's martyrdom.
ISSN:0022-5185
1477-4607
DOI:10.1093/jts/flj008