Interpreting the Bible and Aristotle in Late Antiquity: The Alexandrian Commentary Tradition between Rome and Baghdad

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Contents: Introduction, Josef LAssl and John Watt Part 1 Alexandria to Rome: Origen: exegesis and philosophy in early Christian Alexandria, Alfons FA1/4rst Prologue topics and translation problems in Latin commentaries on Paul, Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe Ambrosiaster's method of interpretation in the Questions on the Old and New Testament, Marie-Pierre Bussieres Philosophical exegesis in Marius Victorinus' Commentaries on Paul, Stephen Cooper Jerome's Pauline commentaries between East and West: tradition and innovation in the Commentary on Galatians, Andrew Cain The Bible and Aristotle in the controversy between Augustine and Julian of Aeclanum, Josef LAssl Boethius as a translator and Aristotelian commentator, Sten Ebbesen. Part 2 Alexandria to Baghdad: Translating the personal aspect of late Platonism in the commentary tradition, Edward Watts Aristotelianism and the disintegration of the late Antique theological discourse, Dirk KrausmA1/4ller Sergius of Reshaina as translator: the case of the De Mundo, Adam McCollum Sergius of Reshaina and pseudo-Dionysius: a dialectical fidelity, Emiliano Fiori The commentator Probus: problems of date and identity, Sebastian Brock Du commentaire A la reconstruction: Paul le Perse interprete d'Aristote (sur une lecture du Peri Hermeneias, A propos des modes et des adverbes selon Paul, Ammonius et Boece), Henri Hugonnard-Roche The genesis and development of a logical lexicon in the Syriac tradition, Daniel King From Sergius to Matta: Aristotle and pseudo-Dionysius in Syriac tradition, John Watt Al-Farabi's arguments for the eternity of the world and the contingency of natural phenomena, Philippe Vallat Bibliography Indexes.

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