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MACROBIUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENI A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CORPUS HELLENISTICUM BY P. W. VAN DER HORST Utrecht INTRODUCTION Macrobius is a late Latin author, who probably wrote in the beginning of the fifth century A.D. Apart from some fragments of a grammatical treatise, two works have been preserved: his Commen- tarii in Somnium Scipionts and his Saturnalia. The former is a commentary in two books on Cicero's well-known treatise, which Macrobius interprets in the light of the Neoplatonist doctrines of Porphyry, a pupil of Plotinus. The Saturnalia is a compilation made up of a variety of materials, which he presents in the form of a "symposium" in seven books, just like Athenaeus' Deifinoso- phists. The guests at this table-talk are the men of the circle which gathered around the famous defender of paganism Symmachus, "eine tragische Gestalt des ausgehenden Heidentums" (Richard KLEIN). In their conversation about all possible kinds of subjects which interest them, or rather Macrobius, they present a lot of antiquarian lore, which is of great importance, not only for the students of Macrobius and his time, but also for those who study earlier periods. For it is common knowledge that, due to the frag-
Novum Testamentum – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1973
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