Twenty-Four Elders: Revelation and the Old Testament Canon in Victorinus and Melito
Melito of Sardis, it is here argued, reported an Old Testament canon of twenty-four books (rather than twenty-five) and went on to link this figure with the twenty-four elders in Revelation. From Melito, Victorinus of Poetovio took up this exegesis and eventually added his own variation; it is from...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2022
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-192 |
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Melito, Sardianus -190
/ Victorinus, Poetovionensis -304
/ Old Testament
/ Canon
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | Melito of Sardis, it is here argued, reported an Old Testament canon of twenty-four books (rather than twenty-five) and went on to link this figure with the twenty-four elders in Revelation. From Melito, Victorinus of Poetovio took up this exegesis and eventually added his own variation; it is from him that the Latin tradition knows of these interpretations, along with the count of twenty-four books. Further grounds are examined for linking the writings of Melito and Victorinus, including especially their relation to those of Irenaeus and Papias. A reconsideration of Melito’s place in the patristic tradition is also urged, with the suggestion that he wrote his Extracts in Rome ca. 150 and was a pivotal influence in the West. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3184 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/earl.2022.0012 |