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In the course of his life, Aurelius Augustinus changed his love of classical poetry for his love of Psalms. Biblical poetry had one important advantage in his view: its truthfulness. Later on, he regarded ancient epic only as well designed lies. The Book of Psalms was the part of the Bible which never ceased to fascinate him. However, Augustin, as a spiritual shepherd, wanted all believers to discover this beauty of Psalms. That is why he created the only complete commentary on Psalms in antiquity. He turned his attention mainly to the Psalm titles since he regarded them as an interpretation key of the whole Psalm. This theory is demonstrated on Augustine’s interpretation of Psalm 80. In this case, Augustine discovered that the title “for the winepresses” implies the content and structure of the Psalm. The first half of the Psalm includes the good, what is presented as oil in the winepresses, while the bad, presented by the dregs, can be found in the second half of the Psalm. On the bases of this reflection, Augustine with his listeners and readers were exposed to the unexpected mysterious beauty of Biblical poetry, to which Augustine devoted himself so that he would never change it for anything else.
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The aim of this paper is to present ancient commentaries on Psalm 18 (LXX), with a special focus on verse 5c, in the works of Christian authors up to Origen. The paper initially draws attention to relevant passages in the works of the Apostolic Fathers as well as to the christological understanding of Psalm 18 in the work of Justin the Martyr. The main part consequently follows which is dedicated to the commentary of Psalm 18 in Eclogae Propheticae 51–63 written by Clement of Alexandria. This text in which Clement refers to Hermogenes and Pantainos, two less known figures of Early Christianity, represents the first systematic commentary on Psalm 18. Clement interprets the verse “In the sun he pitched his covert” not only from the christological, but also from the ecclesiological and eschatological point of view. The final part of the paper treats Origen’s commentary preserved in Pamphilus’ Apologia pro Origene. Origen supposedly interpreted Psalm 18 from the christological and ecclesiological point of view, however, unlike Clement he strongly disagrees with the interpretation of Hermogenes’ followers and, additionally, his interpretation lacks the eschatological level, so typical for Clement’s interpretation.
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The paper presents Augustine’s exegesis of curses and imprecations in the Psalms, as present in his Enarrationes in Psalmos. Firstly, the early stage of his interpretation of curses as prophecy is exhibited. Secondly, a major broadening of Augustine’s hermeneutics is shown, due to his acquaintance with Tyconius’s exegetical rules. Thirdly, a study of exemplary verses demonstrates that all seven of Tyconius’s rules are present in Augustine’s interpretation of the Psalms. This attests that Augustine’s allegorical exegesis of the cursing psalms is not arbitrary, but remains faithful to the Bishop’s approach to the interpretation of other difficult biblical texts.
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