An Unidentified Patristic Quotation in Jerome’s Commentary on Galatians(3.6.11)

摘要

In his Commentary on Galatians (3.6.11) Jerome quotes and criticizes an interpretation of Galatians 6:11 which reads the verse as showing that Paul was unable to write Greek. This article rejects the attribution of the quotation to Chrysostom and suggests instead that it is taken from Eusebius of Emesa. Jerome is known to have used Eusebius’ Commentary on Galatians elsewhere in his own and criticizes Eusebius in similar words to the commentary in his Quaestiones hebraicae in Genesim. It is further suggested that Eusebius’ own experience of bilingualism may have shaped his perception of Paul’s difficulty, and that his interpretation may have influenced Chrysostom’s strictures on Paul’s inability to write Greek clearly.