Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian
Current State of the OCP Text
The surviving Greek fragments of the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian are presented here as cited in Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28-29. The text is based on the standard critical edition of Eusebius (see below). Quoting from Alexander Polyhistor, Eusebius preserves seventeen separate fragments, the first two of which find parallel citations in Clement of Alexandria's Stromata. Using Holladay's numbering scheme, these fragments appear as follows:
| frag. 1a |
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 1.23.155.1-5 (vv. 7-31) ** Not yet encoded here. |
| frag. 1b |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28.1-2 (vv. 1-31) |
| frag. 2a |
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 1.23.155.6-7 (vv. 32-40a); 156.1-2 (50b-54) ** Not yet encoded here. |
| frag. 2b |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28.3 (vv. 32-58) |
| frag. 3 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28.4a (v. 59) |
| frag. 4 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28.4b (vv. 60-65) |
| frag. 5 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28.4c (vv. 66-67) |
| frag. 6 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.4-5 (vv. 68-82) |
| frag. 7 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.6 (vv. 83-89) |
| frag. 8 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.7 (vv. 90-95) |
| frag. 9 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.8 (vv. 96-112) |
| frag. 10 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.9 (vv. 113-115) |
| frag. 11 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.10 (vv. 116-119) |
| frag. 12 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.11 (vv. 120-131) |
| frag. 13 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.12 (vv. 132-174) |
| frag. 14 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.13 (vv. 175-192) |
| frag. 15 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.28.14 (vv. 193-242) |
| frag. 16 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.15-16a (vv. 243-253) |
| frag. 17 |
Eusebius, Praep. Evang. 9.29.16b (vv. 254-269) |
A further fragment of ten lines (frag. 18 in Holladay's system), transmitted by Epiphanius (Panarion 64.29.6-30.1) on the basis of a quotation in Methodius' treatise de Resurrectione, is likely composed by the same Ezekiel who penned the fragments preserved in Eusebius. This additional fragment has not yet been encoded as part of the OCP edition.
Please note that final proofreading of this text is not yet complete. Use with caution until further notice.
Bibliography
Print Editions of Ezekiel the Tragedian
- Carl R. Holladay, Poets: The Epic Poets Theodotus and Philo and Ezekiel the Tragedian (vol 2 of Fragments from Hellenistic Jewish Authors; TT 30; PS 12; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989), 301-529.
- ** Currently the best print edition, including an excellent introduction. Holladay's text is identical to that published in this OCP edition. It is based on the same editions employed by Denis (Mras' text of Eusebius, Praep. Evang. and the Holl-Dummer edition of Epiphanius, Panarion). In addition, Holladay provides the full text of the parallel frags. 1a and 2a found in Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, based on the Stählin-Früchtel edition (see below). These two parallel fragments have not yet been encoded in the OCP edition.
- Denis, Concordance, 921-22.
- Howard Jacobson, The Exagoge of Ezekiel (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983).
- ** Includes frags. 1-17 from Eusebius only.
- P. Fornaro, La voce fuori scena. Saggio sull'Exagoge di Ezechiele con testo greco, note e traduzione (Torino: G. Giappichelli, 1982).
- B. Snell, R. Kannicht, S. Radt, eds., Tragicorum graecorum fragmenta (5 vols.; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1971 [2d ed. 1986]), 1:288-301 (No. 128).
- ** Includes frags. 1-17 from Eusebius only.
- Denis, Fragmenta, 207-216.
- ** Includes frags. 1-18 from Eusebius and Epiphanius. Frag. 1a and frag. 2a (the parallels from Clement of Alexandria) are noted, but the text is not provided. A different numbering scheme is used than that employed by Holladay and adopted here. Denis prints the same text published in this OCP edition, based on Mras' text of Eusebius, Praep. Evang. and the Holl edition of Epiphanius, Panarion.
- J. Wieneke, "Ezechielis Iudaei poetae Alexandrini fabulae quae inscribitur Ἐξαγωγή fragmenta" (Diss., Münster, 1931).
- ** Includes frags. 1-17 from Eusebius only.
- W. N. Stearns, Fragments from Graeco-Jewish Writers (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1908).
- ** Includes frags. 1-17 from Eusebius only (employing a different numbering scheme).
- K. Kuiper, "Ad Ezechielem poetam judaeum: Curae secundae," Rivista di Storia Antica 8 (1904): 62-94.
- Giovanni Battista Girardi, Di un dramma greco-giudaico nell'età Allessandrina (Venezia: Officine grafiche di C. Ferrari, 1902).
- K. Kuiper, "De Ezechiele poeta Iudaeo," Mnemosyne 28 (1900): 237-80.
- ** Includes frags. 1-17 from Eusebius only. French version: "Le poète juif Ezéchiel," Revue des études juives 46 (1903): 48-73, 161-77.
- F. Dübner, "Christus patiens, Ezechieli et Christianorum poetarum reliquiae dramaticae. Ex codici emendavit et annotatione critica instuixit," in Fragmenta Euripidis (ed. F. G. Wagner; Bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum; Paris: Ambrosiio Firmin Didot, 1846).
For further bibliography see DiTommaso, Bibliography, 1035-41.
Sources for the Text of Eusebius
- Karl Mras, Die Praeparatio Evangelica (2 parts; 2d ed.; vol. 8 of Eusebius Werke; ed. édouard des Places; GCS 43; Berlin: Akademie, 1982-83).
- Cf. Migne, PG 21.736C-737D, 740C-745C, 745D-748A.
Sources for the Text of Clement of Alexandria
- O. Stählin, L. Früchtel, and U. Treu, Clemens Alexandrinus (vol. 2; 4th ed.; GCS 52[15]; Berlin: Akademie, 1985 [1st ed. 1906]).
- Cf. Migne, PG 8.901A-904A.
Sources for the Text of Epiphanius
- K. Holl and J. Dummer, eds., Panarion haer. 34-64 (2d ed.; vol 2 of Epiphanius; GCS [31]; Berlin: Akademie, 1980 [1st ed. 1915-33]), 447.-48.
- Cf. Migne, PG 41.1104C.
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