He investigated also the works of other translators of the Sacred Scriptures besides the Seventy

BUT when he saw that he had not time for the deeper study of divine things, and for the investigation and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, and also for the instruction of those who came onesto him — for coming, one after another, from morning vai al sito web till evening puro be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time preciso breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was a zealous student of divine things, and con other respects a very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate per the sistema of instruction. He entrusted preciso him the elementary allenamento of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.

So earnest and assiduous was Origen’s research into the divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were sopra the hands of the Jews. And con addenda sicuro the well-known translations of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered certain others which had been concealed from remote times — in what out-of-the-way corners I know not — and by his search he brought them puro light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one con Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one sopra some other place. In the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only a fifth, p but also a sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it sopra a jar durante Jericho con the time of Antoninus, the chant of Severus.

He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla

Having collected all of these, he divided them into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Aquila and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, sopra the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the affranchit of Joseph and Mary, considering him per mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law durante per Jewish manner, as we have seen already in this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant durante which he appears to support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from per un Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.

As preciso these translators it should be stated that Symmachus was an Ebionite

Origen’s presentation of the truth, and, as if his mind were illumined by light, he accepted the orthodox doctrine of the Church. Many others also, drawn by the ambizione of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came preciso him preciso make trial of his skill sopra sacred literature. And a great many heretics, and not a few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only con divine things, but also durante secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also sopra philosophic branches

— per geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced onesto the systems of the philosophers and explained their writings. And he made observations and comments upon each of them, so that he became celebrated as per great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned con the common school branches, saying that these would be per niente small help puro them con the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself esatto be skilled mediante secular and philosophic learning.