Fathers

Homilies on Judges, Homilia IV · §1

Ehud and Shamgar

On Ehud, Shamgar, Jabin, and Sisera. Ehud with the left hand struck Eglon — God’s word a two-edged sword. Shamgar struck six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad.

Latin

De Aoth et Samegar et Iabin et Sisara. Aoth sinistra manu percussit Eglon — sermo Dei anceps gladius. Samegar sexcentos Philisthinos stimulo boum.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IV on Judges (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia IV. Modern FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IV §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia IV §§1–4)

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