Fathers

Homilies on Judges, Homilia VIII · §1

Midian Amalek sons of the East

On the sons of the East and Gideon. Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the East gather against Israel — darknesses against light.

Latin

De filiis Orientis et Gedeon. Madian Amalec filii Orientis conveniunt adversus Israel — tenebrae contra lumen.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VIII on Judges (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VIII. Modern FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VIII §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia VIII §§1–3)

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