The term Hexaemeron (Greek: Ἡ Ἑξαήμερος Δημιουργία Hē Hexaēmeros Dēmiourgia), literally "six days," is used in one of two senses. In one sense, it refers...
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The Hexaemeron of Basil of Caesarea (d. 379) is a fourth-century Greek commentary on the Genesis creation narrative (or a Hexaemeron). It is the first...
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The Hexaemeron of Jacob of Edessa (d. 708) is Jacob's commentary on the six days of creation of the Genesis creation narrative. Jacob worked on it in the...
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and many of his homilies, including a series of Lenten lectures on the Hexaemeron (also Hexaëmeros, "Six Days of Creation"; Latin: Hexameron), and an exposition...
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The Collationes in Hexaemeron (Latin: [kɔllatsiɔnɛs in ɛksɛmɛɾɔn], Talks on the Six Days [of Creation]) are an unfinished series of theological lectures...
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of the four elements, or out of a yet-distinct fifth element. In the Hexaemeron of Basil of Caesarea the firmament is depicted as spherical or domed with...
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wrote his Homilies on the Hexaemeron, being the first known commentary on the Genesis creation narrative (that is, a Hexaemeron) in the Syriac language...
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Bonaventure - Collationes in Hexaemeron, Collatio VI. De Visione Prima, Tractatio Tertia, 1-8 St. Bonaventure - Collationes in Hexaemeron, Collatio VI. De Visione...
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History of Planetary Systems, (1906), pp. 211–212. "Saint Basil the Great, Hexaemeron 9 – Homily IX – "The creation of terrestrial animals" Holy Innocents Orthodox...
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under Anastasius' name include the Viae Dux, Quaestiones et Responsiones, Hexaemeron, Homilia i, ii, iii de creatione hominis, and the Narrationes. The Viae...
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example of this was the Hexaemeron of Basil of Caesarea, with the first occurrence in Syriac literature being the Hexaemeron of Jacob of Serugh. Greek...
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Thierry of Chartres (section Hexaemeron)
Carinthia, and Clarembald of Arras were among Thierry's students. The Hexaemeron interprets the Genesis with reference to Plato's "Timaeus". The text serves...
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the Christian literary view on the six days of creation through Basil's Hexaemeron. Eusebius, the Cappadocian Fathers, and Didymus the Blind appropriated...
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fourth century, after it was introduced into Christian circles by the Hexaemeron of Basil of Caesarea. Two different models of the process of creation...
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7-79,9 ) Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310–320 – 403) in his Coptic-Arabic Hexaemeron referred to Michael as a replacement of Satan. Accordingly, after Satan...
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Hexaemeral genre was revived and popularized by the Hexaemeron of Basil of Caesarea, who composed his Hexaemeron in 378, which subsequently inspired numerous...
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De opificio mundi (John Philoponus) (category Hexaemeron)
was a 6th-century commentary on the Genesis creation narrative (or a Hexaemeron). The text is dated sometime between 546 and 560 AD. John, an advocate...
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Commentaria in Epistolam B. Pauli ad Romanos 2.9.9 Basil of Caesarea, In Hexaemeron 9.3 Th. Emil Homerin (2008). Neusner, Jacob (ed.). The Golden Rule: The...
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Commentary on the Sentences of Lombard The Mind's Road to God Collationes in Hexaemeron Pope Sixtus V 11 Anselm of Canterbury Doctor magnificus (Magnificent Doctor)...
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particularly at Edessa, over the opposite teaching of Nestorius. The Hexaemeron of Jacob of Serugh was the first Hexaemeral work (dedicated commentary...
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and medieval times. The first Christian example of this genre was the Hexaemeron of the fourth-century theologian Basil of Caesarea, and many other works...
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Etymologiae, Book XII, iii, 7; Ambrose, Hexaemeron, VI, 20) Folio 24 verso : Ant (Formica) (Physiologus, 12; Ambrose, Hexaemeron, Book VI, 16, 20) Folio 25 recto :...
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Kings, in 1411–12); the monk Jacob (Hexaemeron of John Chrysostom, first book, in 1425–26); Venedikt Crepović (Hexaemeron of John Chrysostom, second book...
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Jacob of Serugh, a Syriac poet of the 6th century, particularly in his Hexaemeron. Another commonality between the two in their respective discussions of...
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separately. In Holy Scripture and theology he wrote commentaries on the Hexaemeron, the Canticle of Canticles, and the Epistle to the Romans; several Opuscula...
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Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis, XVIII, 210. St. Basil the Great. Hexæmeron. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, 2nd Series (NPNF2)...
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other hand, Papias is elsewhere said to have understood mystically the Hexaemeron (six days of Creation) as referring to Christ and the Church. Eusebius...
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De opificio mundi (category Hexaemeron)
The De opificio mundi (On the Creation of the Cosmos) is a treatise on the Genesis creation narrative, composed by the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria...
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boiling pot of seawater, fresh water will condense on the lid. In his Hexaemeron, Homily IV, § 7, St. Basil of Caesarea (c. 329–379 AD) mentioned that...
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and was probably still there in 1273 for Bonaventure's Collationes in Hexaemeron. Returning to his native province, he taught in different places, and...
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