Tyconius on the Apocalypse
At the 2009 North American Patristics Society meeting I had the privilege of meeting David Robinson. Robinson is working on Tyconius at the University of Toronto. Tyconius wrote an Apocalypse commentary about 360, but it survives only in fragments. Tyconius also wrote a Book of Rules for interpreting Scripture. Robinson is comparing Tyconius Apocalypse commentary with the Book of Rules to determine how he used his own rules of interpretation in his biblical commentary. Part of Robinson’s research includes a translation of the Latin fragments of Tyconius’ commentary found in a manuscript at Turin. Robinson is planning to include his translation in his dissertation which he is expecting to finish in a year or two. Patristic scholars are anticipating this translation because the fragments are not available in English.
If anyone is interested in reading more about Tyconius and his Apocalypse commentary, I recommend Kenneth B. Steinhauser’s The Apocalypse Commentary of Tyconius (New York: Peter Lang, 1987). For more information on it, click here.
Have a great day!
Frank
