Jerome’s quoting epistolary brevitas in letter 26 to Marcella could betray his knowledge of Origen’s letter to Julius Africanus on the canonicity of the book of Daniel. This hypothesis is supported by a lexical similarity, which should not be regarded as coincidental. Moreover, it would fit very well with what we know of Jerome: in the years prior to 393, before the Origenian controversy broke out, he made many efforts to fashion himself after Origen, making the Alexandrian the hero of the letters collected in the ad Marcellam liber. This is why he may reasonably have exploited Origen’s epistolary self-propaganda in order to fashion himself as a champion of scriptural philology, and to present himself – so to say – as an ‘origenized’ Jerome.

Nisi modum epistolici characteris excederem : Jerome and epistolary brevitas / P.F. Moretti (STUDI E TESTI TARDOANTICHI). - In: Culture and literature in Latin late antiquity : Continuities and discontinuities / [a cura di] P.F. Moretti, R. Ricci, C. Torre. - Prima edizione. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2015. - ISBN 9782503557359. - pp. 247-261

Nisi modum epistolici characteris excederem : Jerome and epistolary brevitas

P.F. Moretti
2015

Abstract

Jerome’s quoting epistolary brevitas in letter 26 to Marcella could betray his knowledge of Origen’s letter to Julius Africanus on the canonicity of the book of Daniel. This hypothesis is supported by a lexical similarity, which should not be regarded as coincidental. Moreover, it would fit very well with what we know of Jerome: in the years prior to 393, before the Origenian controversy broke out, he made many efforts to fashion himself after Origen, making the Alexandrian the hero of the letters collected in the ad Marcellam liber. This is why he may reasonably have exploited Origen’s epistolary self-propaganda in order to fashion himself as a champion of scriptural philology, and to present himself – so to say – as an ‘origenized’ Jerome.
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English
Late Latin; Late antiquity; Latin literature; Latin prose; Latin epistolography; Jerome of Stridon; Julius Africanus
Settore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua e Letteratura Latina
Settore L-FIL-LET/06 - Letteratura Cristiana Antica
Capitolo o Saggio
Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Ricerca di base
Pubblicazione scientifica
   Forma e contenuto:la trasformazione di modelli culturali, linguistici, stilistici nella tradizione latina (IV-VI sec. d.C.)
   MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE E DEL MERITO
   2009PTX9JF_006
Culture and literature in Latin late antiquity : Continuities and discontinuities
P.F. Moretti, R. Ricci, C. Torre
Prima edizione
Turnhout
Brepols
2015
247
261
15
9782503557359
13
Volume a diffusione internazionale
Aderisco
P.F. Moretti
Book Part (author)
none
268
Nisi modum epistolici characteris excederem : Jerome and epistolary brevitas / P.F. Moretti (STUDI E TESTI TARDOANTICHI). - In: Culture and literature in Latin late antiquity : Continuities and discontinuities / [a cura di] P.F. Moretti, R. Ricci, C. Torre. - Prima edizione. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2015. - ISBN 9782503557359. - pp. 247-261
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