Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
- References
Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
from Part II - Expanded Notes to the Scholia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
- References
Summary
With Scholion XXXVIII, and following an introductory comment by Cassian, there is a shift to Irenaeus, since Cassian himself was not inclined to produce a detailed exegesis of the ‘number of the beast’. His own ‘Book’, namely Codex 573, contains a text whose title is ascribed to Irenaeus, although it is currently attributed to Hippolytus (‘On the Blessings of Jacob’).
To a monk (like many modern readers who are intrigued by eschatological scenarios made out of Revelation), the ‘name of the beast’ needed to be clarified, and possibly to be identified with contemporary historical circumstances. Irenaeus was an author who emphasized this eschatological aspect. But his account was a notably Millenarist one, on the basis of a simplistic argument: since ‘one day is a thousand years to the Lord’ (2 Peter 3:8), the duration of the world counts as many millennia as the days during which the world was made. Six thousand years is therefore the entire duration of the world. Consequently, the name of the beast is made of the number ‘six’ repeated thrice. In early Christianity such accounts resulted in a widespread corollary: since the Incarnation had taken place in the year 5500, there was a period of only five hundred years remaining for the world to exist. Origen had rebutted any idea that there is a determined time until the final judgement, and it is remarkable that his comment was used to the letter by Theodoret. This assumption nevertheless does not occur in the specific account of Irenaeus, although this is a necessary corollary.
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- An Ancient Commentary on the Book of RevelationA Critical Edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, pp. 409 - 412Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013