Maria Panagia Miola: Basil of Seleucia’s unedited homily on the book of Job (In Iob‚ CPG 6667) and its depiction of φύσις

This paper discusses an unedited exegetical homily on the Book of Job, In Iob​​​​ (CPG 6667; Vat.gr.1587), written by Basil of Seleucia, a relatively understudied fifth-century bishop who played an active role in the Council of Chalcedon. After proposing the authenticity of the homily through stylistic analysis, the paper considers Basil’s treatment of Job within the context of the Antiochene tradition (John Chrysostom, Theodoret of Cyrus, Severian of Gabala), and evaluates some of the themes that characterize Basil’s interpretation, such as the instrumentality of nature and of the voice in the struggle of the just.