Cyril of Alexandria's Commentary on 2. Corinthians. Introduction, Critical Text, Translation, Analysis

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr. Konrad Zawadzki
• Subject Area: Roman Catholic Theology
• Term: from 2016 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 320947444

Cyril of Alexandria`s commentary on 2 Corinthians has never been the subject of scientific investigation. The Greek text of the commentary, which survives in fragments in two catena manuscripts, in Codex Vaticanus Graecus 762 and Codex Pantokratoros 28, will in this project be critically edited, translated and analyzed for the first time. The existing editions of Cyril`s work provided by Angelo Mai and Philipp Eduard Pusey in the 19th century base only on one of the mentioned codices, so that they do not offer the full text of the commentary; moreover, they do not meet the modern scientific standards because of numerous errors. Therefore, the edition to be created in this project will base on the both mentioned manuscripts that are very important for the reconstruction of Cyril`s commentary. For this reason, the edition will present the whole text of the commentary for the first time. Moreover, a complete German translation of Cyril`s work will be provided. It will be the first translation of the commentary into a modern language at all. The scholia of the commentary will then be subjected to a detailed and comprehensive analysis. The special focus of this analysis will primarily be on emphasizing the theological and exegetical aspects of Cyril`s work. In addition, a comparison of Cyril`s exegetical interpretations with those of the other Church Fathers or modern commentators will often be offered in order to highlight Cyril`s typical exegetical method. The analysis will also concentrate on philological questions in these cases, where it can be important for the study of the theological content of the commentary. The results gained in this way will on the one hand contribute to a better understanding of the exegesis of Cyril of Alexandria that has been so neglected by scholarship; on the other hand, they will also throw more light on the early Christian exegesis of 2 Corinthians.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants