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Homilies on Genesis

Homiliae in Genesim

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Only a paragraph of Homily 20 (Lamech's two wives, Gen 4:19) is published.

  1. 20.1Chrysostom notes that the genealogy of Cain's line names only the men, and comes to Lamech, who took two wives.

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Author
John Chrysostom
Attribution
authentic · Accepted as Chrysostom's.
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant.
Date
ca. 392-397 (disputed) · Antioch (before 397) and Constantinople (after 398) have both been argued.
Written at
Antioch, Syria (disputed)
Language
Greek
Genre
homily
Reference system
homily.section
SBL abbreviation
Hom. Gen.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG 4409 (not yet checked)
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca 53 (Paris) (Printed edition in the public domain; OCR transcription (archive.org) of public-domain page images)
Critical editions
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca 61 (Paris, 1862) (cited, not reproduced)