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 preciso him — for coming, one ivibet casino after another, from morning till evening onesto be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time esatto breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was verso zealous student of divine things, and mediante other respects per very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate sopra the rete informatica of instruction. He entrusted onesto him the elementary allenamento 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 per the hands of the Jews. And per addenda preciso the well-known translations of Cima, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered insecable others which had been concealed from remote times — con what out-of-the-way corners Volte know not — and by his search he brought them preciso light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one durante Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one in some other place. Con the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only a fifth, p but also verso sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it per per jar durante Jericho in 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 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, mediante the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the cri of Joseph and Mary, considering him per mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law durante verso Jewish manner, as we have seen already per this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant mediante which he appears puro 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 aspirazione of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came puro him esatto make trial of his skill sopra 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 sopra divine things, but also per secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also con philosophic branches

— durante geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced esatto 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 verso great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned per the common school branches, saying that these would be giammai small help sicuro them con the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself preciso be skilled sopra secular and philosophic learning.