Church History 4.26.14 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:179

ἀνελθὼν οὖν εἰς τὴν ἀνατολὴν, καὶ ἕως τοῦ τόπου γενόμενος ἔνθα ἐκηρύχθη καὶ ἐπράχθη, καὶ ἀκριβῶς μαθὼν τὰ τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης βιβλία, ὑποτάξας ἔπεμψά σοι· ὧν ἐστὶ τὰ ὐνόματα· Μωυσέως πέντε, Γένεσις, Ἔξοδος, Ἀριθμοὶ, Λευιτικὸν, Δευτερονόμιον. Ἰησοῦς Ναυῆ, Κρι- ‘ταὶ, Ῥούθ· Βασιλειῶν τέσσαρα, Παραλειπομένων “ δύο. Ψαλμῶν Δαβὶδ, Σολομῶνος Παροιμίαι, ἣ καὶ Σοφία, Ἐκκλησιαστὴς, Ἀισμα Ἀισμάτων, Ἰώβ. Προφητῶν, Ἡσαΐου, Ἱερεμίου· τῶν δώδεκα ἐν μονοβίβλῳ· Δανιὴν, Ἰεξεκιὴλ, Ἔσδρας. ἐξ ὧν καὶ τὰς ἐκλογὰς ἐποιησάμην, εἰς ἕξ βιβλία διελών.” καὶ τὰ μὲν τοῦ Μελίτωνος τοσαῦτα.

English · Claude translation

So having gone up to the East, and having come to the place where these things were proclaimed and done, and having learned accurately the books of the Old Testament, I have set them down and sent them to you. Their names are these: of Moses five, Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy; Joshua son of Nun, Judges, Ruth; four of Kingdoms, two of Chronicles; the Psalms of David, the Proverbs of Solomon, which is also Wisdom, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Job; of the Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, the Twelve in one book, Daniel, Ezekiel, Ezra. From these I have made the extracts, dividing them into six books.” So much for Melito.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:179 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Extrabiblical texts

Melito of Sardis, Melito Extracts (Melito of Sardis (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Melito, Extracts, preface. The earliest Christian list of Old Testament books; Esther is absent, and “Ezra” probably includes Nehemiah. “Which is also Wisdom” refers to Proverbs. The digital text has Δανιὴν and Ἰεξεκιὴλ for Δανιήλ and Ἰεζεκιήλ.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.26.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/26/14/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.26.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/26/14/).