Ambrosiaster
Pseudo-Ambrose | |
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Occupation | Clergyman, writer |
Language | Latin |
Genre | Bible |
Subject | Christianity |
Notable works | Commentary on the Pauline epistles |
Ambrosiaster or Pseudo-Ambrose is the name given to the unknown author of a commentary on the
Biography
Pseudo-Ambrose was the name given by
Internal evidence from the documents has been taken to suggest that the author was active in Rome during the period of Pope Damasus, and, almost certainly, a member of the clergy.[2]
Commentary on Paul
The Commentary on Thirteen Pauline Letters is considered valuable as evidence of the state of the Latin text of Paul's epistles before the appearance of the Vulgate of Jerome, and as an example of Pauline interpretation prior to Augustine of Hippo.[1][5] It was traditionally ascribed to Ambrose, but in 1527, Erasmus threw doubt on the accuracy of this ascription, and the anonymous author came to be known as "Ambrosiaster". It was once thought that Erasmus coined this name; however, René Hoven, in 1969, showed that this was incorrect, and that credit should actually be given to the Maurists. Later scholars have followed Hoven in this assessment, although it has also been suggested that the name originated with Franciscus Lucas Brugensis.[6]
Attempts to identify Ambrosiaster with known authors has continued, but with no success. Because Augustine cites Ambrosiaster's commentary on
Other works
Several other works which now survive only as fragments have been attributed to this same author. These include a commentary on
Influence
Many scholars argue that Ambrosiaster's works were essentially
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-19-521693-8
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-3843-8. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-4850-4. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-520-06154-5. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ambrosiaster". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 801. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ISBN 978-90-04-25026-0.
- ^ Alexander Souter, Study of Ambrosiaster (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1905)
- ^ a b David G Hunter, "Fourth-century Latin writers", in Frances Young, Lewis Ayres and Andrew Louth, eds, The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature, (2010), p307
- ^ Papsdorf 2012, p. 76.
Bibliography
- Bussières, Marie-Pierre (2010). "L'Esprit de Dieu et l'Esprit Saint dans les Questions sur l'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament de l'Ambrosiaster". Revue d'Études Augustiniennes et Patristiques. 56: 25–44. .
- Bussieres, Marie-Pierre (2002). "Les quaestiones 114 et 115 de l'Ambrosiaster ont-elles été influencées par l'apologétique de Tertullien ?". Revue d'Études Augustiniennes et Patristiques. 48: 101–130. .
- Bussières, Marie-Pierre (2006). "L'Influence du synode tenu à Rome en 382 sur I'exégèse de I'Ambrosiaser". Sacris Erudiri. 45: 107–124. .
- Bussières, Marie-Pierre. Ambrosiaster. Contre les Païens. Sur le destin. Texte, traduction et commentaire. Paris, Éditions du Cerfs (Sources chrétiennes 512), 2007.
- Cain, Andrew (2005). "In ambrosiaster's shadow : A critical Re-evaluation of the last surviving letter exchange between pope damasus and jerome". Revue d'Études Augustiniennes et Patristiques. 51 (2): 257–277. .
- Cooper, Stephen A.; Hunter, David G. (2010). "Ambrosiaster redactor sui: The Commentaries on the Pauline Epistles (Excluding Romans)". Revue d'Études Augustiniennes et Patristiques. 56: 69–91. .
- De Bruyn, Theodore (2011). "Ambrosiaster's Interpretations of Romans 1:26-27". Vigiliae Christianae. 65 (5): 463–483. hdl:10393/44177.
- De Bruyn, Theodore S. (2010). "Ambrosiaster's Revisions of His Commentary on Romans and Roman Synodal Statements about the Holy Spirit". Revue d'Études Augustiniennes et Patristiques. 56: 45–68. hdl:10393/44249.
- Hoven, René (1969). "Notes sur Érasme et les auteurs anciens". L'Antiquité Classique. 38: 169–174. .
- David g. Hunter (2009). "2008 NAPS Presidential Address: The Significance of Ambrosiaster". Journal of Early Christian Studies. 17: 1–26. S2CID 170919473.
- Lunn-Rockliffe, Sophie (2007). Ambrosiaster's Political Theology. ISBN 9780199230204.
- Moreschini, Claudio, and Enrico Norelli. 2005 "Ambrosiaster," in Early Christian Greek and Latin Literature: A Literary History. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers. vol. 2, p. 296-98.
- Mundle, Wilhelm. 1919. Die Exegese der paulinischen Briefe im Kommentar des Ambrosiaster.
- Papsdorf, Joshua (2012). ""Ambrosiaster" in Paul in the Middle Ages". In Cartwright, Steven (ed.). A Companion to St. Paul in the Middle Ages. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-23671-4.
- Queis, Dietrich Traugott von, and Augustine. 1972. Ambrosiaster: Quaestiones Veteris et Novi Testamenti. Quaestio 115: De fato. Basel.
- Souter, Alexander. 1905. A study of Ambrosiaster. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University Press.
- Souter, Alexander. 1927. The earliest Latin commentaries on the Epistles of St. Paul; a study. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
External links
- The Latin text of Ambrosiaster's Pauline commentary is included (though attributed to Ambrose) in Migne's Patrologia Latina, vol. 17, pp. 48–536. This can be found on Google Books or at Documenta Catholica Omnia.
- The Latin text of Quaestiones Veteris et Novi Testamenti is included in Patrologia Latina, vol. 35, available at Documenta Catholica Omnia.