On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos: Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality

Ps.-Cyprianus Gallus

Published by De Gruyter 2023

On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos

Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality

Ps.-Cyprianus Gallus
Edited by: Michele Cutino
In collaboration with: Victoria Zimmerl-Panagl

Volume [EXTRA SERIEM] in the series Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111022277

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About this book

Though the Heptateuchos is possibly the most organic attempt at poetic rewriting of the Old Testament, attributed to “Cyprian the Gaul” by R. Peiper, the latest editor of the text in CSEL 23 (1891), we do not have a comprehensive analysis of this poem yet that can provide a clear grasp of the poem’s compositional logic, show which of its biblical model’s content was used, and expound the context and purpose of its versification. It is apparent that in many respects the Heptateuchos is still profoundly unknown. For this reason the UR 4377 of Catholic Theology and Religious Sciences of the University of Strasbourg, notably its ERCAM (“Équipe de recherches sur le christianisme antique et médiéval”), with its statutory members and its associate members, is engaged in the publication of a new critical edition of each of the seven books of the anonymous poem of uncertain date, the Heptateuchos, also providing an exhaustive commentary. The essays collected in this volume represent a preliminary work for the upcoming edition and commentary planned by the members of UR 4377 in Strasbourg. Above all, they show how the anonymous author was interested in safeguarding the criterion of the narratio probabilis in the poem, through probable references to Judeo-Hellenistic literature and by refining the exegetical reading of the text with references to classical and Christian poetry.

Author / Editor information

Michele Cutino, Université de Strasbourg, France and Victoria Zimmerl-Panagl, CSEL Salzburg, Austria.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
À la découverte d’un poème négligé : l’Exode de l’Heptateuchdichter Exemple d’étude de la réécriture poétique des chapitres 1 et 2 Michele Cutino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Non-Epic Classical Poetry in the Heptateuchos Poem Horace, Persius, and Martial Donato De Gianni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
La création de la femme (Gen. 2,18–24) dans la paraphrase biblique de l’Heptateuchos (Cypr. Gall. gen. 32–37) Renaud Lestrade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Re-forging Balaam the Epic Way The Embassy of King Balak and the Journey to Moab (Num. 22,1–35) in the Poem of the Heptateuchos (num. 579–638) Francesco Lubian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Bible and Intertext: An Inquiry into the Narrative Strategies in the Heptateuchos Poem The Example of Metrum super Deuteronomium Luciana Furbetta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141

(Deutsch)

Languages: Latin, English, French
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in Classics, Theology, Patristics, Latin literature, Medieval Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 152
Keywords: Ps.-Cyprianus Gallus; Bible Poetry; Heptateuch Poet; Latin Literature; Late Antiquity

eBook

Published: February 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111022277

Hardcover

Published: February 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111019529