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Commentary on Samuel (passage on Michal's return)

Commentarius in libros Samuelis

About the English. Route 3: the Syriac original is not in hand in readable form; the source is Assemani's Latin translation (1737), translated by Claude with a note; the Latin is never shown.

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Only the comment on 2 Sam 3:12-16, which engages the law of remarriage (Dt 24:4), is staged; the rest of the commentary is not yet on the site.

  1. 2.3.12On 2 Sam 3:12–16: David could take Michal back without breaking the law of Deut 24:4, because he had never divorced her, and her marriage to Paltiel was against her will.

About this work

Author
Ephrem the Syrian
Attribution
disputed · These scholia on the Pentateuch historical books and Samuel are printed under Ephrem's name in Assemani's edition. Only the commentaries on Genesis and Exodus are generally accepted as his; whether the others come from Ephrem's school or from a later compilation is disputed.
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Honoured as a saint by Catholic and Orthodox churches (Doctor of the Church in the Catholic calendar).
Date
4th century (if Ephrem's, before 373) (disputed) · Ephrem died in 373; the date of these scholia is uncertain.
Written at
Edessa, Mesopotamia (approximate)
Language
Greek
Genre
commentary
Reference system
book.chapter.verse of the first verse of the lemma commented on (the title gives the range)
SBL abbreviation
Comm. Sam.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG 4145 (not yet checked)
Text from
Joseph Simeon Assemani, ed. and trans. (Latin), S. Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant, Graece, Syriace, Latine, Syriac series vol. 1 (Rome: Typographia Vaticana, 1737) (Printed edition in the public domain; Internet Archive OCR of a public-domain scan)
Critical editions
Robert Murray et al. on Ephrem's Syriac commentaries: no critical edition of these scholia is cited here (cited, not reproduced)