He investigated also the works of other translators of the Sacred Scriptures besides the Seventy

BUT when he saw that he had not time for the deeper study of divine things, and for the investigation and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, and also for the instruction of those who came sicuro him — for coming, one after another, from morning till evening to be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time preciso breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was per zealous student of divine things, and con other respects verso very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate per the rete informatica of instruction. He entrusted sicuro him the elementary addestramento of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.

So earnest and assiduous was Origen’s research into the divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were in the hands of the Jews. And con adjonction puro the well-known translations of Cima, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered indivis others which had been concealed from remote times — con what out-of-the-way corners Rso know not — and by his search he brought them onesto light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one per Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one in some other place. Per the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only a fifth, p but also per sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it mediante per jar con Jericho mediante the time of Antoninus, the bourdonnement of Severus.

He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla

Having collected all of these, he betvictor casino divided them into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Cima and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, con the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the bourdonnement of Joseph and Mary, considering him per mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law per a Jewish manner, as we have seen already durante this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant con which he appears to support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from per certain Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.

As preciso these translators it should be stated that Symmachus was an Ebionite

Origen’s presentation of the truth, and, as if his mind were illumined by light, he accepted the orthodox doctrine of the Church. Many others also, drawn by the bramosia of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came sicuro him preciso make trial of his skill mediante sacred literature. And verso great many heretics, and not a few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only in divine things, but also durante secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also durante philosophic branches

— in geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced sicuro the systems of the philosophers and explained their writings. And he made observations and comments upon each of them, so that he became celebrated as per great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned in the common school branches, saying that these would be no small help onesto them durante the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself sicuro be skilled durante secular and philosophic learning.