Andrew of Caesarea

Andreas von Caesarea (* 563 , † 637 ) was Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia and author of an important commentary on the Apocalypse .

meaning

Andreas von Caesarea wrote a commentary on the Apocalypse, which is important for the textual history of the Apocalypse. This commentary was closely related to the early Christian exegesis and dealt with the commentary of Oecumenius. Andrew's comment must have had a great impact, as it was passed down in numerous manuscripts. It was not until 895 that Arethas of Caesarea wrote a new comment on the apocalypse, but it was heavily based on that of Andrew.

Works

Published works are

• Commentary on the apocalypse ; in: J. Schmid: Studies on the history of the Greek apocalypse text. Munich 1955 and Migne: Patrologiae Graeca 106, 215–457
• Therapeutics ; Fragments in: F. Diekamp: Analecta Patristica. Rome 1938. Pages 161–172

English translation

• Andrew of Caesarea, Commentary on the Apocalypse , translated by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, Fathers of the Church series, Catholic University of America Press, volume 123, 2011. ISBN 9780813201238

German translation

• Andreas von Caesarea: Commentary on the Apocalypse of John . Introduction and translation by Eugen Häcki. Modifications made by Georgios Makedos. Edition Hagia Sophia, Wachtendonk 2014, ISBN 978-3-937129-58-7

literature

• Adolf Jülicher : Andreas 8 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2135.
• Lexicon for Theology and the Church, Vol. 1 . Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1986
• Martin Biermann: Andreas von Caesarea ; in: Siegmar Döpp, Wilhelm Geerlings (Hrsg.): Lexicon of ancient Christian literature . Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-451-23786-5 , p. 29
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Andreas of Caesarea. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 168.