Codex Eliensis

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The Codex Eliensis (also Codex E ) is a manuscript written in Greek with contents of the work On the Originality of Judaism (Contra Apionem) by Flavius ​​Josephus . It was named after the place of residence of its owner John Moore (1646-1714), who was last active as a bishop in Ely during his tenure .

The Codex Eliensis has been kept in the Cambridge University Library since 1715 under the shelfmark "LI IV 12" (catalog no. 2192). It is a collective codex (30 × 27 cm) made of paper, written on one side and dated to the 15th century. It was no longer used for a collation from 1720 until the processing carried out by Folker Siegert in 2008 .

The Codex Eliensis contains text passages from Book 1 from the work On the Originality of Judaism ; In some cases, verses from Book 2, 1–133 have been preserved, whereby the part of Book 2, 51–113, which was lost in the 2nd century AD, is kept hidden. On each of the handwritten pages from 1r to 21r, 29 lines are noted.

literature

  • Flavius ​​Josephus: About the originality of Judaism. (Contra Apionem). Published by Folker Siegert. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-54206-4
    • Vol. 1: First collation of the entire tradition (Greek, Latin, Armenian), literary-critical analysis and German translation (= writings of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum . Vol. 6,1).
    • Vol. 2: Additions, notes, Greek text (= writings of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum. Vol. 6.2).