He investigated also the works of other translators of the Sacred Scriptures besides the Seventy

BUT when he saw that he had not time for the deeper study of divine things, and for the investigation and interpretation of Acbet casinò the Sacred Scriptures, and also for the instruction of those who came esatto him — for coming, one after another, from morning till evening puro be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time esatto breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was a zealous student of divine things, and durante other respects per very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate in the rete di emittenti of instruction. He entrusted esatto him the elementary preparazione of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.

So earnest and assiduous was Origen’s research into the divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were sopra the hands of the Jews. And per additif esatto the well-known translations of Genio, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered indivisible others which had been concealed from remote times — sopra what out-of-the-way corners Volte know not — and by his search he brought them onesto light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one mediante Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one per some other place. Per the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only verso fifth, p but also verso sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it mediante per jar sopra Jericho mediante the time of Antoninus, the chant of Severus.

He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla

Having collected all of these, he divided them into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Genio and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, con the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the bourdonnement of Joseph and Mary, considering him per mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law con verso Jewish manner, as we have seen already sopra this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant per which he appears sicuro support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from per indivis Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.

As preciso these translators it should be stated that Symmachus was an Ebionite

Origen’s presentation of the truth, and, as if his mind were illumined by light, he accepted the orthodox doctrine of the Church. Many others also, drawn by the aspirazione of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came sicuro him puro make trial of his skill sopra sacred literature. And verso great many heretics, and not per few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only in divine things, but also sopra secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also in philosophic branches

— sopra geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced preciso the systems of the philosophers and explained their writings. And he made observations and comments upon each of them, so that he became celebrated as verso great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned in the common school branches, saying that these would be per niente small help sicuro them durante the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself esatto be skilled con secular and philosophic learning.