This volume contains the first edition of the commentaries on the gospels by Bishop Fortunatianus of Aquileia (mid-4 th century). This work, which was only discovered in the form of an almost complete manuscript in 2012, is the oldest preserved commentary on the gospels from Latin antiquity, and therefore of extraordinary significance for patristics. The critical edition of the text includes a detailed introduction.

Autorentext

Lukas J. Dorfbauer, Universität Salzburg - CSEL, Salzburg/Wien, Österreich.

Klappentext

The Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL) is an academic series that publishes critical editions of Latin works by late-antique Christian authors from the time of the late 2nd century until the beginning of the 7th century. The editions are prepared in cooperation with internationally renowned experts according to modern editorial techniques and are meant to serve as textual basis for scholarly disciplines dealing with Late Antiquity. The volumes are published by the scientific institution "CSEL", which was founded in 1864 by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and which is part of the University of Salzburg since 2012. In addition, monographs on topics related to the Latin patristic period and conference proceedings are published at irregular intervals (Extra Seriem). Arbeitsgruppe CSEL an der Universität Salzburg http://csel.sbg.ac.at/ International Advisory Board: François Dolbeau, Roger Green, Rainer Jakobi, Robert Kaster, Ernst A. Schmidt, Danuta Shanzer, Kurt Smolak, Francesco Stella

Zusammenfassung

"This book has much to offer. For Latin exegesis, it provides us a crucial new text to be read between Victorinus of Poetovium and Hilary of Poitiers. For the text of the Bible, it offers us a new witness to the vetus Latina. For the history of Latin literature, it offers us a new window into the literary world in the Roman Empire of the sons of Constantine. For linguistics, it offers us a wealth of non-standard grammatic features. For textual criticism, it offers us a fine and thought-provoking specimen of an editio princeps. Between all these areas, one may hope that this book finds readers."
Justin Stover in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.08.35

"[...] an outstanding piece of scholarship."
Ivor J. Davidson in: The Journal of Theological Studies 69/2 (2018), 830-833