This one-hundredth volume of Studia Patristica includes papers from the Sixth British Patristics conference, held in Birmingham in September 2016. Thirty-seven contributions from an international range of scholars provide new studies of many of the major subjects in patristic studies, from Tertullian to Maximus the Confessor by way of Origen, John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine. One theme of the conference, which was held in conjunction with the European Research Council COMPAUL project, was the tradition and reception of the letters of the Apostle Paul. This is reflected in several papers, including an examination of patristic evidence for the authorship of Ephesians and an analysis of exegetical techniques employed in the Greek catena tradition on Galatians. Two longer contributions, by plenary speakers Frances Young and Jennifer Strawbridge, offer an extended consideration of the early Christian exegesis of particular Pauline Epistles.
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In the last decades, the study of the literary output of Gaza in the 5th-6th centuries AD has seen
a significant revival of interest. New editions and studies of rhetorical, poetic, monastic and
hagiographic texts –produced in, or related to Gaza– have emerged; three international
symposia were devoted to Gaza in Late Antiquity. However, a far lesser attention has been
paid to the biblical commentaries of Procopius the Christian sophist from Gaza. This
conference aims to shed light on Procopius’ work as catenist, compiler and exegete of the
Bible, and further the understanding of the author and his writings. More specifically, it will
raise the question whether the profane and the Christian works assigned to Procopius are by
one and the same author. It will assess the critical edition project of Procopius’ Commentaries
on the Octateuch. It will seek to contextualise Procopius’ In Genesim, especially regarding the
debate on the creation of the world and the Origenist crisis. It will study the patristic sources of
the In Exodum and In Canticum and the use that Procopius made of them. It will examine the
relationship between Procopius’ In Canticum and In Proverbia on the one hand, and the Greek
exegetical catenae on the same biblical texts on the other hand. It will compare the main
characteristics of Procopius’ Epitomae with those of the anonymous epitomae on the Twelve
Prophets. It will study the patristic sources of Procopius’ In Isaiam and the process of
transforming them into a new commentary. It will finally reflect on the nature and usefulness
of Procopius’ catenae and epitomae: are these works collections of commentaries, new forms
of commentary, or Bible study tools?
Conveners: J.-M. Auwers, J. Verheyden, D. Zaganas
Confirmed speakers: E. Amato (Université de Nantes), J.-M. Auwers (UCLouvain), R.
Ceulemans (KU Leuven), C. Markschies and K. Metzler (Humboldt Universität, Berlin), E.
Prinzivalli (La Sapienza, Rome).
Proposals are invited for a limited number of papers of 20 minutes.
Proposals (between 250 and 500 words) may be sent to Dimitrios Zaganas
(dimitrios.zaganas@kuleuven.be), no later than August 30, 2020.
The proposals will be assessed by a scientific committee. Candidates will be informed of the
decision by September 10, 2020.
