Didymus the Blind and His Circle in Late-Antique Alexandria: Virtue and Narrative in Biblical Scholarship

by Richard A. Layton

This is the first comprehensive study in the English language of the commentaries of Didymus the Blind, who was revered as the foremost Christian scholar of the fourth century and an influential spiritual director of ascetics.

The writings of Didymus were censored and destroyed due to his posthumous condemnation for heresy. This study recovers the uncensored voice of Didymus through the commentaries among the Tura papyri, a massive set of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252028813
• ISBN13: 9780252028816
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"