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A Letter from Origen to Africanus

Origen of Alexandria

Section 8

About this work

Origen responds to Julius Africanus’s objections to the story of Susanna, defending its ecclesial use and discussing textual differences between Greek and Hebrew forms of Daniel.

Author: Origen of Alexandria
Date: c. AD 240
Origin: Caesarea
Genre: Letter

8. And I knew another Hebrew, who told

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about

these

elders

such

traditions

as

the

following

:

that

they

pretended

to

the

Jews

in

captivity

,

who

were

hoping

by

the

coming

of

Christ

to

be

freed

from

the

yoke

of

their

enemies

,

that

they

could

explain

clearly

the

things

concerning

Christ

,

…

and

that

they

so

deceived

the

wives

of

their

countrymen

.

Wherefore

it

is

that

the

prophet

Daniel

calls

the

one

“

waxen

old

in

wicked

days

,

”

and

says

to

the

other

,

“

Thus

have

ye

dealt

with

the

children

of

Israel

;

but

the

daughters

of

Juda

would

not

abide

your

wickedness

.

”

Notes

12
Et utrumque sigillatim in quamcunque mulierem incidebat, et cui vitium afferre cupiebat, ei secreto affirmasse sibi a Deo datum e suo semine progignere Christum. Hinc spe gignendi Christum decepta mulier, sui copiam decipienti faciebat, et sic civium uxores stuprabant seniores Achiab et Sedekias.