{"slug":"tmp1408.tmp1408.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1408.tmp1408.opp-lat1","title":"De Veteri Et Novo Testamento Quaestiones","title_source":"De Veteri Et Novo Testamento Quaestiones","author":"Isidorus Hispalensis","genre":"commentary","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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It poses and resolves exegetical and doctrinal questions, harmonizing Old and New Testament passages through patristic sources, especially Augustine and Gregory the Great. The work reflects the theological consolidation of Visigothic Spain after the Third Council of Toledo (589). It survives in numerous manuscripts from the 8th century onward, often transmitted with Isidore's Sententiae and Etymologiae, and was widely used in medieval schools and monasteries, influencing canon law and scholastic theology.","historical_context":"The work was composed in the early 7th century, likely during Isidore's episcopate in Seville (c. 600–636), in Visigothic Spain. This period followed the conversion of the Visigothic kingdom from Arianism to Nicene Christianity under King Reccared and the Third Council of Toledo (589). The work reflects the need for doctrinal unity and biblical interpretation in a newly orthodox kingdom. It was written in Latin, the language of the Western Church, and belongs to the genre of quaestiones, a catechetical format used for teaching. The text survives in numerous manuscripts from the 8th century onward, often copied in Carolingian scriptoria and later in the 12th-century renaissance, indicating its wide transmission and use in medieval education.","significance":"De Veteri Et Novo Testamento Quaestiones served as a standard reference for biblical interpretation in medieval schools and monasteries. It was quoted by Gratian in the Decretum and by Peter Lombard in the Sentences, shaping canon law and scholastic theology. The work exemplifies Isidore's pedagogical method and his role in transmitting patristic exegesis to the medieval West.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 600–636","event":"Composition during Isidore's episcopate in Seville"},{"date":"589","event":"Third Council of Toledo; Visigothic conversion to Nicene Christianity"},{"date":"8th–9th c.","event":"Earliest surviving manuscripts; copied in Carolingian scriptoria"},{"date":"12th c.","event":"Widely copied during the 12th-century renaissance; used by Gratian and Peter Lombard"}],"relations":[{"work":"Sententiae","relation":"Often transmitted together with this work in manuscripts","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Etymologiae","relation":"Often transmitted together with this work in manuscripts","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Decretum Gratiani","relation":"Quoted by Gratian, influencing canon law","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Sentences","relation":"Quoted by Peter Lombard, influencing scholastic theology","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is unknown; it is placed in the early 7th century based on Isidore's episcopate.","The edition (ogl-pl) lacks a critical apparatus, so textual fluidity and scribal interventions cannot be assessed.","Isidore often conflates multiple patristic sources without explicit citation; attributions should be verified against modern critical editions."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000371,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:20:51Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1408/tmp1408/tmp1408.tmp1408.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1408.tmp1408.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":12,"translated":12,"commentary_passages":12,"commentary_units":70,"english_words":2180,"source_letters":8445,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is a set of quaestiones, a catechetical genre that poses and resolves doctrinal or exegetical problems. 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Variant readings and manuscript families are not identified, so the user cannot assess textual fluidity or scribal interventions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Isidore’s quaestiones often conflate multiple patristic sources without explicit citation. Readers should verify attributions against modern critical editions of Augustine, Gregory, and Jerome.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: commentary in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 12 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":12},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"SANCTI ISIDORI HISPALENSIS EPISCOPI DE VETERI ET NOVO TESTAMENTO QUÆSTIONES.\n\nQUÆSTIO PRIMA.\n\nDie mihi, quid esi inter Novum et Vetus Testamentum? Respondit: Vetus est peccatum Adæ; unde dicit Apostolus: Regnavit mors ab Adam usque ad Moysen (Rom. v, 14), et reliqua. Novum est Christus de Virgine natus.\n\nUnde Propheta dicit: Cantate Domino canticum novum: quia homo novus venit; nova præcepta attulit, id est, Novum Testamentum.\n\nQUÆSTIO II.\n\nDie mihi, quanti libri intelliguntur in Novo Testamento' Respondit: XXVII, et in Veteri Testamento legis Moysi XLV libri sunt; juxla sepluaginta duas linguas septuaginta duo libri intelliguntur.\n\nVetus est, quando i es alienas tollit homo; Novum, quando propria largitur. Vetus est, quando malum pro malo redditur, unde dicitur: Oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, et cætera, quæ ad vindiclam pertinent. Novum est inimicos diligere. DominUS dixit in Evaugelio: Diligite inimicos vestros; benefacite his qui oderunt vos (Matth. v, 44).","english":"Questions of Saint Isidore, Bishop of Seville, on the Old and New Testament.\n\nQuestion One.\n\nTell me, what is the difference between the New and the Old Testament? He answers: The Old is the sin of Adam; whence the Apostle says: Death reigned from Adam to Moses (Rom. 5:14), and so forth. The New is Christ born of the Virgin.\n\nWhence the Prophet says: Sing to the Lord a new song: because a new man has come; he brought new precepts, that is, the New Testament.\n\nQuestion II.\n\nTell me, how many books are understood in the New Testament? He answers: Twenty-seven, and in the Old Testament there are forty-five books of the law of Moses; according to the seventy-two languages, seventy-two books are understood.\n\nThe Old is when a man takes away the property of others; the New, when he bestows his own. The Old is when evil is returned for evil, whence it is said: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and other things which pertain to vengeance. The New is to love one’s enemies. The Lord said in the Gospel: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you (Matt. 5:44).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quaestio Prima / Quaestio II","severity":"info","text":"The work is organized as a series of questions and answers, each introduced by 'Quaestio' and numbered. This catechetical format is typical of Isidore's pedagogical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rom. v, 14","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Regnavit mors ab Adam usque ad Moysen' corresponds to Romans 5:14, though the Vulgate reads 'regnavit mors ab Adam usque ad Moysen' in some manuscripts; the modern verse is Romans 5:14.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Matth. v, 44","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Diligite inimicos vestros; benefacite his qui oderunt vos' is a paraphrase of Matthew 5:44, which in the Vulgate reads 'diligite inimicos vestros et benefacite his qui vos oderunt'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"septuaginta duas linguas","severity":"info","text":"The reference to seventy-two languages reflects the ancient tradition that after the Flood, humanity divided into seventy-two nations, each with its own language. Isidore connects this to the number of books in the Old Testament according to the Septuagint tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Vetus est peccatum Adæ","severity":"info","text":"Isidore's identification of the Old Testament with Adam's sin and the New with Christ's incarnation reflects a typological reading common in patristic exegesis, later influential in medieval biblical interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"XLV libri","severity":"caution","text":"The number 45 for the books of the Old Testament (the law of Moses) is unusual; the standard count in the Latin tradition is 44 or 46. This may reflect a variant manuscript tradition or a scribal error.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'juxla sepluaginta duas linguas' is a scribal error for 'iuxta septuaginta duas linguas'.","The number of Old Testament books (45) is ambiguous; it may include apocryphal books or reflect a different canon list."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Vetus esi, peccalores in infernum descendere; Novum est, conversos in regnum Domini introire. Et Vetus erit omnes peccatores et impios ad diem judicii in infernum descendere, ubi semper manebunt. Novum est omnes justos in regnum Do. mini introire; unde sanctus Petrus dicit: Novus homo, et nova terra (11 Petr. m, 13); et nova erunt in memoria priora.\n\nEt Vetus erit in igne purgatorio pro minutis peccatis purgari; Novum, quando purgatus exinde fuerit in regnum Domini.\n\nQUÆSTIO III.\n\nDie mihi, liber quibus modis dicitur. Respondit: Quatuor: libri dicuntur ad legendum, vel liberandum. Codex dicitur ad condiendum. Volumen dicitur ad volvendum.\n\nQUÆSTIO IV.\n\nDie mihi, prima littera a pro quo accepit nomen a? De angelis, de ante sæcula, de Adam, de anima.\n\nQUÆSTIO V.\n\nDie mihi, quibus nominibus dicitur a? Respondit: Tribus, id est, aleph in Hebræo, alpha in Graeco, a in Latino.","english":"The Old is that sinners descend into hell; the New is that the converted enter into the kingdom of the Lord. And the Old will be that all sinners and impious ones descend into hell on the day of judgment, where they will remain forever. The New is that all the just enter into the kingdom of the Lord; whence Saint Peter says: “A new heaven and a new earth” (2 Peter 3:13); and the former things will be new in memory.\n\nAnd the Old will be to be purged in purgatorial fire for minor sins; the New, when one has been purged from there, to enter into the kingdom of the Lord.\n\nQuestion Three.\n\nTell me, in how many ways is “book” said? He answers: Four: books are said for reading, or for freeing. “Codex” is said for storing. “Volume” is said for rolling.\n\nQuestion Four.\n\nTell me, the first letter “a” from what did it take its name “a”? From angels, from before the ages, from Adam, from soul.\n\nQuestion Five.\n\nTell me, by what names is “a” said? He answers: Three, that is, “aleph” in Hebrew, “alpha” in Greek, “a” in Latin.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Vetus esi, peccalores in infernum descendere; Novum est, conversos in regnum Domini introire","severity":"info","text":"The Latin text contrasts the Old and New Testaments in terms of eschatological outcomes: sinners descend to hell, the converted enter the Lord's kingdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Novus homo, et nova terra","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Novus homo, et nova terra' is a loose rendering of 2 Peter 3:13, which in the Vulgate reads 'novum caelum et novam terram'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"liber","severity":"info","text":"The author distinguishes four senses of 'liber': for reading (legendum), for freeing (liberandum), 'codex' for storing (condiendum), and 'volumen' for rolling (volvendum).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ignis purgatorius","severity":"info","text":"The mention of 'ignis purgatorius' (purgatorial fire) reflects early medieval Latin theology of purgatory, a concept developed by Augustine and Gregory the Great.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quaestio III, IV, V","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from eschatological contrasts to a series of short catechetical questions on the word 'liber' and the letter 'a', typical of Isidore's encyclopedic method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"a","severity":"info","text":"The letter 'a' is linked to angels, before the ages, Adam, and soul, reflecting allegorical and etymological exegesis common in Isidore's Etymologiae.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'Vetus esi' is likely a scribal error for 'Vetus est'.","The citation '2 Peter 3:13' in the English draft is given as '11 Petr. m, 13' in the Latin, which is a corruption; the correct reference is 2 Peter 3:13."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"QUÆSTIO VI.\n\nDie mihi, Evangelium in cujus lingua dicitur? In Graeca; et in Latina, id est, bona nuntiatio.\n\nQUÆSTIO VII.\n\nDie mihi, pro quo dixit Dominus ad Abrahain: Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione lua, et de domo patris tui (Gen. XII, 1)? Abraham personam Christi gerebat. Sicut Abraham dimisit terram, et cognationem, et domum patris sui; venit in terram, quam ignorabat: ita et Christus dimisit gentem suam, hoc est, Judæorum.\n\nIta eximus de terra nostra nos, quando de divitiis hujus mundi, et de facultatibus contemnimus, et de cognalione nostra, hoc est, vitiis, et de domo patris nostri, hoc est, de memoria hujus mundi,\n\nQUÆSTIO VIII.\n\nDic mihi, nomen aposlolorum cujus lingua di. citur? Respondit: In Graeca; in Latina missi interpretantur.\n\nQUÆSTIO IX.\n\nDie mihi, episcopus in cujus lingua dicitur? Respondit: In Græca; in Latina speculatores. Episcopus autem nomen est operis, non honoris. Sciat se non esse episcopum, qui praeesse desiderat, non prodesse.","english":"QUESTION VI.\n\nTell me, in what language is \"Evangelium\" said? In Greek; and in Latin, that is, good announcement.\n\nQUESTION VII.\n\nTell me, why did the Lord say to Abraham: Leave your land, and your kindred, and your father's house (Gen. 12:1)? Abraham bore the person of Christ. Just as Abraham left his land, and kindred, and his father's house, and came into a land which he did not know, so also Christ left his own people, that is, the Jews.\n\nThus we leave our own land when we despise the riches of this world and its resources, and our kindred, that is, vices, and our father's house, that is, the memory of this world.\n\nQUESTION VIII.\n\nTell me, the name \"apostles\" is said in what language? He answered: In Greek; in Latin they are interpreted as \"sent.\"\n\nQUESTION IX.\n\nTell me, \"episcopus\" is said in what language? He answered: In Greek; in Latin, \"overseers.\" But \"episcopus\" is a name of work, not of honor. Let him know that he is not a bishop who desires to be over others, not to be of benefit.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Evangelium","severity":"info","text":"Isidore explains that 'Evangelium' is Greek for 'good announcement' (bona nuntiatio). This reflects the standard patristic etymology of εὐαγγέλιον as 'good message'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Gen. 12:1","severity":"info","text":"The quotation 'Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et de domo patris tui' is from Genesis 12:1, where God commands Abraham to leave Haran. Isidore uses it typologically.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Abraham personam Christi gerebat","severity":"info","text":"Isidore applies a typological reading: Abraham prefigures Christ. This is a common patristic hermeneutic, especially in Latin authors like Ambrose and Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"apostolus","severity":"info","text":"Isidore states that 'apostolus' is Greek, meaning 'sent' (missi) in Latin. This etymology (ἀπόστολος = 'one who is sent') is standard in early Christian literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"episcopus","severity":"info","text":"Isidore glosses 'episcopus' as Greek for 'overseer' (speculatores) and adds a moral note: it is a name of work, not honor. This echoes Gregory the Great's Pastoral Rule.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"episcopus autem nomen est operis, non honoris","severity":"info","text":"This phrase became a widely cited maxim in medieval discussions of episcopal office, often quoted in canon law and reform treatises.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text of Quaestio VII has 'Abrahain' for 'Abraham', likely a scribal error. The English draft corrects to 'Abraham'.","The phrase 'de cognatione lua' in the Latin is a misspelling of 'tua'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"QUÆSTlO X.\n\nDie mihi, clerus in cujus lingua dicitur? Respondit: In Graeca; io Latina sors Domini interpretatur.\n\nQUÆSTIO XI.\n\nDie mihi, abba qua lingua dicitur? Hebraice, Graece pater, Latine genitor.\n\nQUÆSTIO XII.\n\nDic mihi, qui primus fuit clericus? Respondit: Sanctus Petrus.\n\nQUÆSTIO XIII.\n\nDie mihi, quanta sunt quæ ex nihilo creavit omni potens Deus? Respondit: IV, id est, angelus, et anima, cœlum, et terra. Reliquæ vero creaturæ ex ipsis procedunt.\n\nQUÆSTIO XIV.\n\nDie mihi, coelum quid intelligitur? Respondit: Angelus, et terra, id est, sancta Ecclesia. Et eoelum animæ justæ, et terra peccalores.\n\nQUÆSTIO XV.\n\nDie mihi, quibus modis creditur Dens? Respondit: Tribus sive quatuor, id est, Deus bonus, perfectus, omnipotens, sempiternus debetur credi, quia sine his dici non potest Deus.\n\nQUÆSTIO XVI.\n\nDie mihi, quibus modis adoratur Deus? Respondit: Tribus: qui adoratur, non adorat; qui ereator est, et non crealura; qui sine peccato est, et peccata dimittit.","english":"QUESTION X.\n\nTell me, in what language is \"clerus\" said? It answers: In Greek; in Latin it is interpreted as \"the Lord's lot.\"\n\nQUESTION XI.\n\nTell me, in what language is \"abba\" said? In Hebrew, in Greek \"father,\" in Latin \"genitor.\"\n\nQUESTION XII.\n\nTell me, who was the first cleric? It answers: Saint Peter.\n\nQUESTION XIII.\n\nTell me, how many things did almighty God create from nothing? It answers: Four, that is, angel, and soul, heaven, and earth. The remaining creatures proceed from these.\n\nQUESTION XIV.\n\nTell me, what is understood by heaven? It answers: Angel, and earth, that is, holy Church. And heaven is just souls, and earth is sinners.\n\nQUESTION XV.\n\nTell me, in how many ways is God believed? It answers: In three or four, that is, God must be believed to be good, perfect, omnipotent, everlasting, because without these he cannot be called God.\n\nQUESTION XVI.\n\nTell me, in how many ways is God worshipped? It answers: In three: he who is worshipped does not worship; he who is creator and not a creature; he who is without sin and forgives sins.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"clerus","severity":"info","text":"Isidore derives clerus from Greek κλῆρος (lot), interpreting it as 'the Lord's lot,' a common patristic etymology linking clergy to divine election.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"abba","severity":"info","text":"The term abba is given as Hebrew, with Greek pater and Latin genitor. This reflects the early Christian adoption of the Aramaic word for 'father' as a title for monastic superiors.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"angel, soul, heaven, earth","severity":"info","text":"The four things created ex nihilo (angel, soul, heaven, earth) echo a common patristic interpretation of Genesis 1, though not a direct quotation. The list is traditional in Isidore's sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"clerus","severity":"info","text":"The identification of Saint Peter as the first cleric (Q. XII) aligns with the early church's view of apostolic succession, where Peter is the first bishop of Rome and thus the prototype of clerical office.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Questions X–XVI form a catechetical series on ecclesiastical terms (clerus, abba), apostolic foundation, creation, and divine attributes, moving from lexical to doctrinal topics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"coelum","severity":"caution","text":"In Q. XIV, the text reads 'coelum' (heaven) but the response equates it with 'angelus, et terra' (angel and earth). The sense is allegorical: heaven represents the Church or just souls, earth sinners. The Latin may be corrupt or elliptical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'coelum quid intelligitur' in Q. XIV is ambiguous: the answer equates heaven with angel and earth, but the intended allegorical mapping is not fully explained.","In Q. XV, 'tribus sive quatuor' (three or four) leaves unclear whether the fourth attribute (sempiternus) is optional or included."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"QUÆSTIO XVII.\n\nDie mihi, quibus modis facit Deus justitiam cum sanctis suis? Respondit: Tribus: monstrat, ut sciant; persuadet, ut diligant; adjuvat, ut perficiant.\n\nQUÆSTIO XVIII.\n\nDie mihi, cur Adam accepit mandatum? Respondit: Ne se Deum putaret. sed subditum.\n\nQUÆSTIO XIX.\n\nDie mihi, cur vultus Moysi terribilis erat in populo? Respondit: Quia peccatoribus legem dabat.\n\nQUÆSTIO XX.\n\nDie mihi, in Apocalypsi pro quo dicit: Accipe libruM, et comede illum; et erit in ore meo dulcis, quasi mel, et amarus in ventre (Apoc. x, 9, 10)? Respondit: Mellica est Scriptura in ore Ecclesiæ, qui sunt sapientes, et fideles; amara est in hæreticis saevientibus.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXI.\n\nDic mihi, cur circumcisus est Dominus, et circumcidere non debent homines? Respondit: Quia circumcisionem ad finiendum Vetus Testamentum focit, baptismum vero ad incipiendum Novum.","english":"QUESTION XVII.\n\nTell me, in how many ways does God work justice with his saints? It answers: In three: he shows, so that they may know; he persuades, so that they may love; he helps, so that they may accomplish.\n\nQUESTION XVIII.\n\nTell me, why did Adam receive the commandment? It answers: Lest he think himself God, but subject.\n\nQUESTION XIX.\n\nTell me, why was the face of Moses terrible to the people? It answers: Because he was giving the law to sinners.\n\nQUESTION XX.\n\nTell me, in the Apocalypse, for what reason does it say: Take the book and eat it; and it will be in my mouth sweet as honey, and bitter in the belly (Apoc. 10:9-10)? It answers: The Scripture is honeyed in the mouth of the Church, which are the wise and faithful; it is bitter in raging heretics.\n\nQUESTION XXI.\n\nTell me, why was the Lord circumcised, and why should men not circumcise? It answers: Because he performed circumcision to end the Old Testament, but baptism to begin the New.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the catechetical format of the work, with each question introduced by 'Die mihi' and answered by 'Respondit'. Questions XVII–XXI form a thematic cluster on divine justice, Adam, Moses, and scriptural interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Apoc. x, 9, 10","severity":"info","text":"The citation in Question XX refers to Revelation 10:9–10, though the modern versification differs; the Vulgate text of Rev 10:9–10 describes the seer being told to eat a book that is sweet in the mouth but bitter in the belly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Question XVIII reflects a patristic topos: Adam received the commandment (Gen 2:16–17) to prevent him from claiming divinity, a theme found in earlier Latin exegesis such as Augustine's literal commentary on Genesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Question XIX links Moses' fearsome visage to his role as lawgiver to sinners, echoing the tradition that the Law was given to restrain a sinful people, a common patristic interpretation of Exodus 34:29–35.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Question XXI interprets Christ's circumcision (Luke 2:21) as a symbolic act ending the Old Testament, while baptism inaugurates the New. This reflects a supersessionist view common in Isidore's milieu.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin of Question XX reads 'Accipe libruM, et comede illum' — the capitalization of 'libruM' may reflect a scribal emphasis or a variant in the manuscript tradition; the source edition (ogl-pl) does not note this as a variant.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'in Apocalypsi pro quo dicit' in Question XX is ambiguous: 'pro quo' could mean 'for what reason' (as translated) or 'on whose behalf'; the context supports the former.","The reference to 'Apoc. x, 9, 10' uses an older chapter/verse numbering; the modern equivalent is Revelation 10:9–10, but the quoted text does not exactly match the Vulgate wording."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"QUÆSTIO XXII.\n\nDic mihi, cur esuriit Salvator? Ut illuderet Satanam.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXIII.\n\nDie mihi, cur non amplius XL diebus jejunavit Christus? Respondit: Ut Moysi et Eliæ concordaret.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXIV.\n\nDie mihi, quomodo pater Judæorum mendax fuit? Id est: Cain pater Judæorum vocatus est, qui dixit Domino: Nescio ubi est frater meus, quem occiderat. Et pater Cain I id est, diabolis, qui mentitus est Adæ: Quod non morte morieris, si prœceptum dominicum transgressus fueris.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXV.\n\nDie mihi, cur dictum est: Oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, et reliqua quæ ad vindictam pertinent? Respondit: Ut esset timor in populo, ne quidquam liceret quod sihi nolebat.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXVI.\n\nDie mihi, justitia quibus vel quantis modis dicitur? Respondit: Quinque. justitia Veteris Testamenti, justitia Novi Testamenti, justitia ad judicandum, justitia ad misericordiam, justitia, quae videtur ab hominibus esse.","english":"QUESTION XXII.\n\nTell me, why did the Savior hunger? So that he might mock Satan.\n\nQUESTION XXIII.\n\nTell me, why did Christ fast for no more than forty days? He answers: So that he might agree with Moses and Elijah.\n\nQUESTION XXIV.\n\nTell me, how was the father of the Jews a liar? That is: Cain was called the father of the Jews, who said to the Lord: I do not know where my brother is, whom he had killed. And the father of Cain, that is, the devil, who lied to Adam: That you will not die by death if you have transgressed the Lord's commandment.\n\nQUESTION XXV.\n\nTell me, why was it said: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and the rest that pertain to vengeance? He answers: So that there might be fear among the people, lest anything be permitted that one did not wish for oneself.\n\nQUESTION XXVI.\n\nTell me, in how many or in how many ways is justice spoken of? He answers: Five. The justice of the Old Testament, the justice of the New Testament, justice for judging, justice for mercy, justice which is seen to be from men.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the catechetical series of questions and answers, each introduced by 'Dic mihi' and concluded with 'Respondit' or an implied answer. The sequence moves from Christ's hunger (XXII) to the lex talionis (XXV) and a taxonomy of justice (XXVI).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente' echoes Exodus 21:24 and Leviticus 24:20, the lex talionis of the Mosaic law. Isidore interprets it as a deterrent, not a command for literal retaliation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Cain pater Judaeorum","severity":"info","text":"The identification of Cain as 'father of the Jews' reflects a patristic anti-Jewish polemic, found in authors like Tertullian and Augustine, linking Jewish perfidy to Cain's fratricide and lie. This is not a historical claim but a typological slander.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"justitia","severity":"info","text":"Isidore distinguishes five modes of 'justitia': Old Testament law, New Testament grace, judicial, merciful, and humanly perceived justice. This taxonomy reflects a synthesis of Roman legal and Christian moral categories.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Ut illuderet Satanam","severity":"caution","text":"The answer that Christ hungered 'to mock Satan' is terse and ambiguous. It may refer to Christ's fasting as a spiritual combat (cf. Matt 4:2-3), but the Latin 'illuderet' could also mean 'deceive' or 'trick', a motif in some apocryphal traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"XL diebus jejunavit Christus","severity":"info","text":"The forty-day fast of Christ (Matt 4:2) is here linked to Moses (Exod 34:28) and Elijah (1 Kgs 19:8), a typological parallel common in patristic exegesis, e.g., in Jerome and Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'ut illuderet Satanam' is ambiguous: 'illudere' can mean 'mock', 'deceive', or 'play with'. The intended sense is likely 'mock' in a spiritual victory, but the brevity leaves the mechanism unclear.","The phrase 'Cain pater Judaeorum' is a polemical typology, not a genealogical claim; its exact referent (all Jews or a specific group) is left vague."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"QUÆSTIO XXVII.\n\nDie mihi, quanta continet ignis in se? IV. id est, urit, illuminat, calefacit et sanctificat. Sanctificare autem proprie in sua natura non habet, licet figuram Spiritus sancti teneat, qui urit vitia, calefacil frigidam animam, sanclificat peccatorem, illuminat cur, unde tenebras ignorantiae fugat.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXVIII.\n\nDie mihi, quid intelligitur in hoc quod dici. tur: Da partes VII, necnon et VIII. Respondit: Judæi non dederunt partes VIII, denegantes resurrectionem diei Dominicæ; sed dederunt partes VII, credentes Sabbato. Tu vero crede et honora utrumque, id est, nova et vetera legis, ut non sis Judæus, neque gentilis.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXIX.\n\nDie mihi, cur caput nominatur? Respondit: Eo quod hinc capiunt initium sensus et nervi.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXX.\n\nDie mihi, eleemosyna qua lingua dicitur. vel quid interpretatur? Græce dicitur ele emosyna, quod Latine dicitur Dei mei muneratio. Misericurdia a misero corde dicta: unde Dominus misericors die cilur, et quod subvenit homini misero corde babenti.","english":"QUESTION XXVII.\n\nTell me, how much does fire contain in itself? Four things: that is, it burns, illuminates, warms, and sanctifies. However, it does not have sanctification in its own nature, although it holds the figure of the Holy Spirit, who burns vices, warms the cold soul, sanctifies the sinner, illuminates the heart, whence he puts the darkness of ignorance to flight.\n\nQUESTION XXVIII.\n\nTell me, what is understood in this which is said: Give seven parts, and also eight. He answers: The Jews did not give eight parts, denying the resurrection of the Lord's day; but they gave seven parts, believing in the Sabbath. You, however, believe in and honor both, that is, the new and the old laws, so that you are neither a Jew nor a Gentile.\n\nQUESTION XXIX.\n\nTell me, why is the head named? He answers: Because from it the senses and nerves take their beginning.\n\nQUESTION XXX.\n\nTell me, what language is \"eleemosyna\" said in, or what does it mean? In Greek it is said \"eleemosyna,\" which in Latin is said \"my God's reward.\" \"Misericordia\" is named from a wretched heart: whence the Lord is called merciful, and because he comes to the aid of a man having a wretched heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ignis","severity":"info","text":"Fire is said to contain four properties: burning, illuminating, warming, and sanctifying. The last is qualified as not natural to fire, but figurative of the Holy Spirit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"eleemosyna","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword eleemosyna is glossed as 'my God's reward' (Dei mei muneratio), a folk etymology. The Latin misericordia is derived from miserum cor, 'wretched heart'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"partes VII, necnon et VIII","severity":"info","text":"The seven and eight parts likely refer to the Jewish practice of circumcision on the eighth day, reinterpreted here as denial of the Lord's day resurrection. The seven parts correspond to the Sabbath.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quaestio XXVII–XXX","severity":"info","text":"These four questions form a catechetical series on natural and liturgical symbols: fire, number symbolism, etymology of 'head', and the word for alms.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Spiritus sancti","severity":"info","text":"The identification of fire as a figure of the Holy Spirit echoes patristic typology, e.g., Acts 2:3–4, and is common in Isidore's allegorical exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has 'calefacil' and 'sanclificat', likely scribal errors for 'calefacit' and 'sanctificat'.","The reference to 'partes VII, necnon et VIII' is ambiguous; it may allude to circumcision or to a numerical riddle about Jewish and Christian observance."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"QUÆSTIO XXXI.\n\nDic mihi, quantos, vel quales spiritus creavit omnipotens Deus? Respondit: Tres: unum, qui carne non tegi;ur, id esi, angelorum; alium, qui carne tegitur, et non cum carne morietur, id est, bominum; tertium, qui carne legitur, et cum carne morictur, id est, jumentorum et brutorum animalium. Homo itaque sicut in modio creatus est, ut esset inferior augelorum, superior jumentorum.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXXII.\n\nDic mihi, dilectio vel charitas in quot modis consistunt? In IV. Hoc est, primum in Dei timore, vel dilectione. Secundum, sicut nosmetipsos, sic Deum amemus. Tertium proximos. Quartum etiam inimicos.\n\nDeum ergo plus quam nos diligere debemus: proximuna, sicut nos: inimicum, uL proximum. Et nisi Deum primum dilexerimus, nOsmetipsos minime diligere poterimus.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXXIII.\n\nDie mihi, regnum Dei quibus modis intelligitur? Respondit: Quinque: id est, Christus, fides, Evangelium, Ecclesia praesens, vel ipsum regnum cœlorum. Non fuit poenitentia prædicuta ante Joanflem, quia ipse dixit: Pænitentiam agite; appropinquavit enim regnum coelorum (Matth. iii, 2).","english":"QUESTION XXXI.\n\nTell me, how many, or what kinds of spirits did almighty God create? He answered: Three: one, which is not covered with flesh, that is, of angels; another, which is covered with flesh, and will not die with the flesh, that is, of men; a third, which is covered with flesh, and will die with the flesh, that is, of beasts and brute animals. Man, therefore, was created as if in the middle, so that he would be inferior to angels, superior to beasts.\n\nQUESTION XXXII.\n\nTell me, in how many modes does love or charity consist? In four. That is, first in the fear or love of God. Second, that we love God as ourselves. Third, neighbors. Fourth, also enemies.\n\nTherefore we ought to love God more than ourselves; the neighbor, as ourselves; the enemy, as the neighbor. And unless we have first loved God, we will be able to love ourselves least of all.\n\nQUESTION XXXIII.\n\nTell me, in how many ways is the kingdom of God understood? He answered: Five: that is, Christ, faith, the Gospel, the present Church, or the kingdom of heaven itself. Penance was not preached before John, because he himself said: \"Do penance; for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near\" (Matthew 3:2).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quaestio XXXI–XXXIII","severity":"info","text":"Three consecutive questions (31–33) follow the catechetical pattern of numbered responses, typical of Isidore's pedagogical method in this work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"spiritus","severity":"info","text":"In Quaestio XXXI, 'spiritus' refers to created spiritual beings (angels, humans, animals), not the Holy Spirit. The tripartite division reflects a hierarchical cosmology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Matth. iii, 2","severity":"info","text":"The citation of Matthew 3:2 (John the Baptist's call to penance) is used to argue that penance was not preached before John, linking the kingdom of heaven to repentance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"dilectio vel charitas","severity":"info","text":"The fourfold division of love (God, self, neighbor, enemy) echoes patristic and early medieval moral theology, particularly Augustine's distinction between use and enjoyment.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Augustine"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"regnum Dei","severity":"info","text":"The fivefold interpretation of 'kingdom of God' (Christ, faith, Gospel, Church, heaven) is a concise summary that influenced later medieval exegesis and catechesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Quaestio XXXIII","severity":"caution","text":"The final sentence of Quaestio XXXIII ('Non fuit poenitentia...') appears abruptly; it may be a marginal gloss or a scribal insertion, as it does not directly answer the question.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["In Quaestio XXXI, 'carne non tegitur' is ambiguous: it could mean 'not covered with flesh' (incorporeal) or 'not protected by flesh' (vulnerable). The translation takes the former sense.","In Quaestio XXXIII, the connection between the five modes of the kingdom and the remark about penance is unclear; the text may be corrupt or a later addition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"QUÆSTIO XXXIV.\n\nDic mihi, pro quibus causis se voluit Dominus a Joanne baptizari? Respodit: Pro iv: prima ut quia homo natus est, ut omnem justitiam impleret et humilitatem. Secunda baptismus, ut suum baptismum Joannes confirmaret. Tertia, ut aquas Joannes sanctificaret. Quarta, ut nullus dedignetur a servo suo baptizari, dum ipse Dominus a servo suo baptizatus est.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXXV.\n\nDie mihi, quomodo, vel quando implevit Christus septem gradus? Respondit: Primus gradus lector, quando aperuit librum Isaiæ prophetæ, et dixit: Spiritus Domini super me (Luc. iv, 18).\n\nSecundus gradus exorcista, quando ejecit VII dæmonia de Maria Magdalene.\n\nTertius gradus subdiaconus, quando fecit vinum de aqua in Chanan Galilææ.\n\nQuartus gradus diaconus, quando lavavit pedes discipulorum suorum.\n\nQuintus gradus presbyter, quando benedixit panem, et fregit, dedit discipulis suis. Istos quinque gradus ante passionem implevit Christus.","english":"QUESTION XXXIV.\n\nTell me, for what reasons did the Lord wish to be baptized by John? He answered: For four: first, because He was born a man, to fulfill all justice and humility. Second, the baptism, so that John might confirm his own baptism. Third, so that John might sanctify the waters. Fourth, so that no one might disdain being baptized by his own servant, since the Lord Himself was baptized by His own servant.\n\nQUESTION XXXV.\n\nTell me, how, or when, did Christ fulfill the seven grades? He answered: The first grade, lector, when He opened the book of the prophet Isaiah and said: \"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\" (Luke 4:18).\n\nThe second grade, exorcist, when He cast out seven demons from Mary Magdalene.\n\nThe third grade, subdeacon, when He made wine from water at Cana in Galilee.\n\nThe fourth grade, deacon, when He washed the feet of His disciples.\n\nThe fifth grade, presbyter, when He blessed the bread, and broke it, and gave it to His disciples. These five grades Christ fulfilled before the Passion.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quaestio XXXIV","severity":"info","text":"The passage presents two distinct questions (XXXIV and XXXV), each with a numbered list of reasons or grades. The structure is catechetical, typical of Isidore's work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Spiritus Domini super me (Luc. iv, 18)","severity":"info","text":"The citation of Luke 4:18 is given as the moment Christ opened the book of Isaiah. The verse is actually from Isaiah 61:1, quoted by Christ in the Gospel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"septem gradus","severity":"info","text":"The seven grades refer to the minor and major orders of the Western Church: lector, exorcist, subdeacon, deacon, presbyter, and (by implication) bishop, though only five are listed here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ejecit VII dæmonia de Maria Magdalene","severity":"info","text":"The tradition that Christ cast seven demons out of Mary Magdalene is not in canonical Gospels but appears in later hagiography, notably in the Gregorian sacramentary and medieval legends.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Quæstio XXXV","severity":"caution","text":"The answer lists only five grades, not seven. The text may be incomplete, or the remaining two (bishop and perhaps acolyte) are implied but omitted.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"baptizari","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'baptizari' (to be baptized) is used consistently. The fourth reason emphasizes Christ's humility in being baptized by a servant (John), reinforcing the theme of humility from the first reason.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The number of grades in Quaestio XXXV is given as seven but only five are enumerated; the missing two are unspecified.","The source of the tradition about seven demons from Mary Magdalene is not identified in the text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Sextus gradus ostiarius, quando dixit: Torlite portas, priticipes, vestras, et elevamini, portæ æternales (Psalm. XXIII, 7).\n\nSeptimus gradus episcopus, quando levavit manum suam super capita discipulorum suorum, et benedixit eos.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXXVI.\n\nDie mihi, quid est hoc quod dixit Dominus in Evangelio: Facilius est camelum per fotamen acui transire, quam divitem in regnum Dei introire? Respondit: Quid per camelum, nisi gentiles homines significat? qu:a antequam Christus veniret, tortuosi, et gembrosi erant, idola adorando, vel colendo.\n\nQuid per illud foramen, nisi incarnatio Christi in utero sanctæ Mariæ deseribitur? Quid per illum divitem, nisi Judæi, qui de legis littera se divites sperabant?\n\nTria refugia Domini habebant, id est, in monte, in deserto, et in mare. Exemplum nobis ad aliorem justitiam ascendere tanquam in monte; contemplativa sectari, tanquam in deserto; fugere, tanquam ir mare.","english":"The sixth step is the doorkeeper, when he said: \"Lift up your gates, O princes, and be raised up, eternal gates\" (Psalm 24:7).\n\nThe seventh step is the bishop, when he raised his hand over the heads of his disciples and blessed them.\n\nQUESTION XXXVI.\n\nTell me, what is this that the Lord said in the Gospel: \"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God\"? He answered: What does the camel signify but the gentile men, who before Christ came were twisted and humpbacked, worshipping or adoring idols?\n\nWhat is that opening but the incarnation of Christ in the womb of holy Mary described? What is that rich man but the Jews, who prided themselves as rich from the letter of the law?\n\nThe Lord had three refuges, that is, on the mountain, in the desert, and in the sea. An example for us to ascend to higher righteousness as on a mountain; to pursue the contemplative life as in a desert; to flee as in the sea.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Sextus gradus ostiarius ... Septimus gradus episcopus","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the seven-step schema of ecclesiastical grades (ostiarius, episcopus) introduced in earlier questions, each step linked to a biblical or liturgical action.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Torlite portas, priticipes, vestras, et elevamini, portæ æternales (Psalm. XXIII, 7)","severity":"info","text":"The Latin citation of Psalm 24:7 (Vulgate numbering) is given as Psalm 23:7, reflecting the Old Latin or Vulgate tradition. The verse is used to illustrate the doorkeeper's role.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Facilius est camelum per fotamen acui transire, quam divitem in regnum Dei introire","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of a logion attributed to Jesus, not found verbatim in canonical Gospels but paralleled in Matthew 19:24 and the Gospel of Thomas (logion 47).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"camelum","severity":"info","text":"The camel is allegorized as gentiles, described as 'twisted and humpbacked' (tortuosi et gembrosi) due to idol worship, a common patristic trope contrasting pagan deformity with Christian rectitude.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"divitem","severity":"info","text":"The rich man is identified as Jews who pride themselves on the 'letter of the law' (de legis littera se divites sperabant), reflecting anti-Jewish polemic typical of Isidore's exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Tria refugia Domini","severity":"info","text":"The three refuges (mountain, desert, sea) are a typological motif; the mountain symbolizes ascetic ascent, the desert contemplative life, and the sea flight from worldly temptation, echoing monastic ideals.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text of Psalm 24:7 is given as 'Psalm. XXIII, 7' due to differing versification; the exact wording of the Gospel logion is not a direct canonical citation but a paraphrase.","The phrase 'fotamen acui' (eye of a needle) is a variant spelling of 'foramen acus'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"QUÆSTIO XXXVII.\n\nDie mihi, quibus substantiis constat homo? Respondit: Tribus, id est, anima et corpore. Una est anima quæ, dum contemplatur, spiritus est; dum sentit, sensus est; dum sapit, anima est; dum intelligit, mens est; dum discernit, ratio est; dum consentit, voluntas est; dum recordatur, memoria est; dum membra vegetat, anma est.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXXVIII.\n\nbeptem sunt modi prædicationis, id est, do. ceudo, persuadendo, increpando, arguendo, terrendo, mulcendo et promittendo: hoc est, docendo discipulos, persuadendo personis, increpando superbos, arguendo contrarios, terrendo trepidos, mulcendo iracundos, promittendo pravis et bonis, pravis tormenta, bonis vitam aeternam.\n\nQUÆSTIO XXXIX.\n\nDic mihi, qui primus prophetavit? Respondit: Adam, quando dixit: Hoc nunc os ex ossibus meis, et caro de carne mea.\n\nQUÆSTIO XL.\n\nDie mihi, infans parvulus quantas virtutes habet? Respondit: IV: Non laesus meminit; non perseverat in ita; non delectatur pulchra femina; non aliud cogitat vel aliud loquitur.","english":"QUESTION 37.\n\nTell me, of what substances does man consist? He replied: Three, that is, soul and body. The soul is one, which, when it contemplates, is spirit; when it senses, is sense; when it knows, is soul; when it understands, is mind; when it discerns, is reason; when it consents, is will; when it remembers, is memory; when it animates the limbs, is soul.\n\nQUESTION 38.\n\nThere are seven modes of preaching, that is, teaching, persuading, rebuking, arguing, terrifying, soothing, and promising: that is, teaching disciples, persuading persons, rebuking the proud, arguing against opponents, terrifying the timid, soothing the wrathful, promising to the wicked and the good, torments to the wicked, eternal life to the good.\n\nQUESTION 39.\n\nTell me, who first prophesied? He replied: Adam, when he said: \"This now is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh.\"\n\nQUESTION 40.\n\nTell me, how many virtues does a small infant have? He replied: Four: He does not remember when hurt; he does not persist in anger; he does not delight in a beautiful woman; he does not think one thing and say another.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage presents four distinct questions (37–40) in a catechetical format, each with a brief answer, typical of Isidore's pedagogical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"anima","severity":"info","text":"In Q37, 'anima' (soul) is used as a generic term, then subdivided into functions: spiritus, sensus, anima, mens, ratio, voluntas, memoria, and again anima (as life-principle). This reflects a Neoplatonic psychology mediated by Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Hoc nunc os ex ossibus meis, et caro de carne mea","severity":"info","text":"Q39 attributes to Adam a paraphrase of Genesis 2:23 ('This is now bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh'), though the Vulgate reads 'os ex ossibus meis et caro de carne mea' in a different context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Q38 lists seven modes of preaching, a scheme possibly derived from Gregory the Great's Pastoral Rule, which classifies types of hearers and corresponding exhortations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Q40's four virtues of an infant (not remembering hurt, not persisting in anger, not delighting in a beautiful woman, not dissimulating) echo a traditional topos of innocence, found in patristic and medieval moral literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"In Q37, the Latin 'anma' (for 'anima') in the final clause is a scribal error or variant; the English draft correctly renders it as 'soul'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["Q37: The list of soul's functions may be incomplete or vary by manuscript; the final 'anma' is likely a scribal error for 'anima'.","Q39: The biblical quotation is a loose paraphrase; the exact source is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"QUÆSTIO XLI.\n\nDie mihi, quare fuit diluvium super terra? Respondit: Filii Dei acceperunt filias hominum ex omnibus quas sibi elegerant; natique sunt ex eis filii. Illi fuerunt gigantes, et multa mala fecerunt in terra, et non placuit Domino. Propterea delevit eos Dominus per aquas diluvii.","english":"QUESTION 41.\n\nTell me, why was there a flood upon the earth? He replied: The sons of God took the daughters of men from among all those whom they had chosen for themselves; and sons were born from them. Those were giants, and they did many evil things on the earth, and it did not please the Lord. For that reason the Lord destroyed them by the waters of the flood.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"filii Dei","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sons of God' (filii Dei) echoes Genesis 6:2, where the 'sons of God' (bene ha-elohim) are interpreted as the Sethite line or as fallen angels in later tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"gigantes","severity":"info","text":"The identification of the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of men as 'giants' (gigantes) follows the Septuagint rendering of Genesis 6:4 (gigantes) and is standard in patristic exegesis, e.g., by Augustine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This question concludes a series on the flood (Questions 39–41) and provides a moral etiology: the flood is divine punishment for the giants' evil deeds, not merely a natural catastrophe.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"filii Dei acceperunt filias hominum","severity":"info","text":"The motif of sons of God marrying human women appears in the Book of Enoch and in patristic sources (e.g., Justin, Irenaeus) as an explanation for the origin of demons or giants.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"filii Dei","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'filii Dei' is ambiguous: it may refer to the Sethite line (as in some patristic readings) or to fallen angels (as in the Book of Enoch). The text does not resolve this.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'filii Dei' is not specified: they could be the Sethite line or fallen angels.","The phrase 'ex omnibus quas sibi elegerant' is vague: it may mean 'from all the women they had chosen' or 'from all the peoples they had chosen'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}