Fathers

Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XVIII · §2

A star out of Jacob

A star shall rise out of Jacob, a rod out of Israel — Christ the morning star prefigured.

Latin

Orietur stella ex Iacob et consurget virga de Israel. Christus stella matutina praefiguratur.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XVIII on Numbers (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XVIII. Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XVIII §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XVIII §§1–3)

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