Didymus the Blind: Commentary on Zechariah

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DIDYMUS
THE BLIND
COMMENTARY ON
ZECHARIAH
Translated by
ROBERT C. HILL
Australian Catholic University
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Washington, D.C.
To the Cistercian community,
Southern Star Abbey, Kopua, New Zealand
God is in her midst, and she will not be shaken.
God will help her as day dawns.
(Ps 46:5)
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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Didymus, the Blind, ca. 313–ca. 398.
[On Zechariah. English]
Commentary on Zechariah / translated by Robert C. Hill.— 1st ed.
p. cm. — (The Fathers of the church ; v. 111)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
isbn-13: 978-0-8132-0111-5(cloth : alk. paper)
isbn-10: 0-8132-0111-x (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Bible. O.T. Zechariah—Commentaries—Early works to 1800.
2. Bible. O.T. Zechariah—Allegorical interpretations. I. Hill, Robert C.
(Robert Charles), 1931– II. Title. III. Series.
BR60.F3D532005
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Select Bibliography ix
Introduction 1
Circumstances of composition of the
ZechariahCommentary 3
Text of theCommentary;Didymus’s biblical text 6
Didymus’s approach to Scripture 9
Style of commentary 11
Didymus as interpreter of Zechariah 13
Theological accents of theCommentary 20
Significance of theCommentary on Zechariah 22
commentary on zechariah
Commentary on Zechariah 1 28
Commentary on Zechariah 2 49
Commentary on Zechariah 3 66
Commentary on Zechariah 4 84
Commentary on Zechariah 5 100
Commentary on Zechariah 6 112
Commentary on Zechariah 7 133
Commentary on Zechariah 8 155
Commentary on Zechariah 9 202
Commentary on Zechariah 10 231
Commentary on Zechariah11 253
Commentary on Zechariah 12 286
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Commentary on Zechariah 13 307
Commentary on Zechariah 14 319
indices
General Index 361
Index of Holy Scripture 364
ABBREVIATIONS
AnBib Analecta Biblica, Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome.
BAC The Bible in Ancient Christianity, Leiden-Boston:
Brill, 2004–.
Bib Biblica.
CCG Corpus Christianorum series Graeca, Turnhout: Brepols.
CCL Corpus Christianorum series Latina, Turnhout: Brepols.
CPG Clavis Patrum Graecorum III, ed. M. Geerard, Turnhout:
Brepols, 1979.
DBS Dictionnaire de la Bible. Supplément,Paris: Librairie Letouzey
et Ané, 1949.
DS Enchiridion Symbolorum, Definitionum et Declarationum,
34th ed., ed. H. Denzinger and A. Schönmetzer, Freiburg:
Herder, 1967.
EEC Encyclopedia of the Early Church, ed. A. Di Berardino,
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
ETL Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses.
FOTC The Fathers of the Church, Washington, DC:
The Catholic University of America Press.
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller (der ersten
drei Jahrhunderte), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1897–1949;
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1953–.
GO Göttinger Orientforschungen, Wiesbaden: Otto
Harrassowitz.
HeyJ The Heythrop Journal.
KlT Kleine Texte für Vorlesungen und Übungen, Bonn:
A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag, 1912.
LXX Septuagint.
NJBC New Jerome Biblical Commentary, ed. R. E. Brown et al.,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.
OCA Orientalia Christiana Analecta, Rome: Pontifical
Oriental Institute.
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viii ABBREVIATIONS
OTL Old Testament Library.
PG Patrologia Graeca, ed. J.-P. Migne, Paris, 1857–66.
PL Patrologia Latina, ed. J.-P. Migne, Paris, 1878–90.
RB Revue Biblique.
SC Sources Chrétiennes, Paris: Du Cerf.
StudP Studia Patristica.
TRE Theologische Realenzyklopädie, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter,
1976–.
TQ Theologische Quartalschrift.
VC Vigiliae Christianae.
VTS Vetus Testamentum, Supplement.
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