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LVII. TRYPHO, THE PUPIL OF ORIGEN rypho,1 a disciple of Origen, to whom he directed some letters which are extant, was very expert in the Scriptures.2 This is revealed in general in many of his works,3 but especially a work which he composed On the Red Heifer in Deuteronomy4 and On the animals cut in half, which in Genesis are placed by Abraham with the dove and the turtle.5 notes 1. Not otherwise known; cf. Courcelle, LLW, 109 and n. 147 2. Jerome’s own comment. 3. opuscula: probably letters. 4. Not Deuteronomy, but Numbers 19.1–10. 5. Gn 15.9–10. On dicotomhvmata cf. Liddell, Scott, Jones, s.v., which offers the following references: “LXX Ex 29.17, Le 1.18.” Jerome expatiates on dicotomhvmata in Hom. in Ps. 84 (FOTC 57, 191–92). LVIII. MINUCIUS FELIX inucius felix,1 a distinguished advocate in Rome, wrote a dialogue, entitled Octavius,2 in which a Christian holds a debate with a pagan. 2. Another work that circulates under his name, On Fate, or Against the Mathematicians,3 although the work of a very learned man, does not seem to me to correspond in style with the work mentioned above. 3. Lactantius also makes mention4 of this Minucius in his works. notes 1. A. Dihle, Greek and Latin, 357–59, adjudicates the Minucius Felix vs. Tertullian priority debate, concluding that it has “been finally settled with a verdict in favour of Tertullian.” 84 ST. JEROME ...

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