Translating Eusebius on the Psalms – a new blog

Posted on by Roger Pearse

A friendly note from Justin Gohl of the Sophiaphile blog informs me that he is translating selected passages from the monster Commentary on the Psalms by Eusebius of Caesarea!

This is extremely good news.  This text is very long, and has accordingly been very neglected.  I seem to remember commissioning translations of a few of these myself, in fact.

Of course Justin is only nibbling at it, but he’s making the first ever translations of what he’s doing.  Here’s what he has done so far:

I don’t know if he will do any more, but this is just invaluable.  Blessedly he is translating the whole commentary for a given psalm.

More please!

Update (6 September 2021): A bunch of these and more are collected at Justin Gohl’s page at Academia here!

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2 thoughts on “Translating Eusebius on the Psalms – a new blog”

  1. Dear Roger,
    I thought I would pass along three other efforts here. Hope they are of benefit to any/all. And I welcome any corrections and/or suggestions for improvement. I am also happy to provide the pdf to anyone interested.

    Psalm 52 LXX
    https://sophiaphile.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/the-fool-said-in-his-heart-eusebius-of-caesarea-commentary-on-the-psalms-52-53-a-translation/

    Psalm 62 LXX
    https://sophiaphile.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/o-god-my-god-i-rise-to-you-early-at-dawn-eusebius-of-caesarea-commentary-on-the-psalms-62-63-a-translation/

    Psalm 90 LXX (in two parts)
    https://sophiaphile.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/he-will-command-his-angels-concerning-you-eusebius-of-caesarea-commentary-on-psalm-90-91-part-1/
    https://sophiaphile.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/he-will-command-his-angels-concerning-you-eusebius-of-caesarea-commentary-on-the-psalms-90-91-part-2/

    All the best,
    Justin

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