Commentary on the Song of Songs, Book IV · §17

Nobis — Bridegroom and Bride; little vines reading

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For us: for me the Bridegroom and for the Bride, or for me and my companions. Or with a pause: catch us the foxes — little ones that spoil vineyards — so that little refers to the vineyards. Small souls can be hurt; greater ones not likewise.

Latin

Nobis: mihi sponso et sponsae, vel mihi et sodalibus. Vel distinctio: capite nobis vulpes — pusillas exterminantes vineas, ut pusillas ad vineas referatur. Parvae animae laedi possunt; maiores non item.

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English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber IV. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber IV §§1–20 (closeout).

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Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber IV §§1–20)

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