Didymus
Didymus Alexandrinus
Biography
Didymus was probably born between 310 and 313; he lost his sight at the age of 4 or 5. A prolific writer with a phenomenal memory, he left many works, especially of exegesis, some of which disappeared because of his posthumous condemnation by the Council of Constantinople II in 553 but were recovered in 1941 among the papyri of Tura. A distant disciple of Origen, he became an educator. Jerome and Rufinus were his pupils. He died towards the end of the 4th century.
Didymus is credited with a treatise on the Holy Spirit (SC 386), translated by Jerome; a treatise against the Manichaeans; and a treatise on the Trinity whose Didymian authenticity is disputed. Among his exegetical works found in Tura are a commentary on Genesis (SC 233-244), one on Zechariah (SC 83, 84, 85), others on Job, on the Psalms, on Ecclesiastes, and on Proverbs. There are still fragments of commentaries on other biblical books: Kingdoms, John, the Pauline epistles, and the Catholic epistles.
Works
- Ad philosophum
- Commentarii in Ecclesiasten 1,1 -2,14
- Commentarii in Ecclesiasten 11-12
- Commentarii in Ecclesiasten 3-4,12
- Commentarii in Ecclesiasten 5-6
Quotations
- [OBNIg]
- [JB] Ge
- [JB] Ge 1
- [JB] Ge 1:1
- [JB] Ge 1:10
Related authors
Didymus (?) (320 ? - 400 ?)
Details
| Birth date | ? (Alexandria) |
|---|---|
| Death date | ? |
| Activity | Alexandria |
| Group of authors | Alexandria |