Monthly Archives: July 2011

The Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom: A Complement to the Coptic Version

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Alin Suciu

The series of the Homilies on Hebrews (CPG 4440; PG 63, coll. 9-236) was traditionally ascribed to John Chrysostom’s last years in Constantinople (403-404). However, this assumption has been challenged recently by Pauline Allen and Wendy Mayer,[1] the two scholars … Continue reading →

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Coptic Fragments from Cyril of Alexandria’s Scholia on the Incarnation of Monogenes

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Alin Suciu

In July 2009, during a research visit at the Papyrussammlung of the National Library in Vienna, Cornelia Römer drew my attention to ten Coptic parchment fragments that were on offer by Sotheby’s at that time. As Dr. Römer was the … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Canons of Pseudo-Athanasius

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Alin Suciu

I recently tried to reconstruct codicologically a White Monastery manuscript on the basis of several parchment sheets spread among several libraries. I have not yet managed to identify their content, but the text suggests that they belonged to certain church … Continue reading →

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