Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Ephesians

This work advances the understanding of the production and purpose ofthe Ps.-Oecumenian catena on Ephesians through the creation of a criticaledition, its translation, and theological commentary. The edition is createdthrough the full transcription and collation of seventeen catena manuscripts,drawn from all known catena manuscripts containing the Ps.-Oecumenian catena onEphesians. The selected manuscripts were chosen on the basis of a test passageapplied to all manuscript witnesses of this catenae tradition and they representthree of the main catena types established by Karl Staab and indicative of thedevelopment of the catena from its earliest recoverable period containingthe Urkatena and CorpusExtravagantium, to the addition of the ScholiaPhotiana. An analysis of the seventeen manuscripts selected for theedition is provided alongside astemma codicum representing aconceptualisation of textual relationships between the manuscripts and theprocess of the transmission of the catena. The presence of author attributionsin the manuscript tradition and the source material of unattributed scholia areexamined with discussions related to their reliability. The identification ofOecumenius as a source for select scholia within the catena is paralleled withsimilar material in the commentary on the Apocalypse produced by Oecumenius,concluding that the same source is likely responsible for both. The editorialtext of the critical edition is presented alongside its English translation withan accompanying theological commentary. The commentary analyses the content ofeach scholion in light of patristic exegesis from the second to seventhcenturies. A critical edition with apparatus is provided for the entire catenaof Ephesians with a separate edition and apparatus, with English translation,included for the Scholia Photiana.