He investigated also the works of other translators of the Sacred Scriptures besides the Seventy

BUT when he saw that he had not time for the deeper study of divine things, and for the investigation and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, and also for the instruction of those who came esatto him — for coming, one after another, from morning till evening sicuro be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time to breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was per zealous student of divine things, and durante other respects a very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate per the rete informatica of instruction. He entrusted preciso him the elementary preparazione of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.

So earnest and assiduous was Origen's research into the divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were sopra the hands of the Jews. And per addition puro the well-known translations of Genio, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered un others which had been concealed from remote times — con what out-of-the-way corners I know not — and by his search he brought them esatto light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one durante Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one sopra some other place. In the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only verso fifth, p but also verso sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it sopra a jar con Jericho con the time of Antoninus, the cri of Severus.

He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla

Having collected all of these, he divided them into Newgioco IT sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Genio and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, durante the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the bruissement of Joseph and Mary, considering him verso mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law durante verso Jewish manner, as we have seen already con this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant per which he appears preciso support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from per excretion Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.

As onesto these translators it should be stated that Symmachus was an Ebionite

Origen's presentation of the truth, and, as if his mind were illumined by light, he accepted the orthodox doctrine of the Church. Many others also, drawn by the bramosia of Origen's learning, which resounded everywhere, came sicuro him to make trial of his skill con sacred literature. And per great many heretics, and not verso few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only sopra divine things, but also per secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also durante philosophic branches

— in geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced esatto the systems of the philosophers and explained their writings. And he made observations and comments upon each of them, so that he became celebrated as verso great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned durante the common school branches, saying that these would be niente affatto small help esatto them durante the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself esatto be skilled per secular and philosophic learning.