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Commentary on Proverbs (fragments preserved in the catenae)

Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis) · Origen of Alexandria · 3rd century (before c. 254) · commentary

Greek · domain: alexandrian · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS Primo 'any,contains,"Expositio in Proverbia" Origen' returns 0 records and 'Origen "Commentary on Proverbs"' returns 0 records: https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,%22Expositio%20in%20Proverbia%22%20Origen&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 and https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Origen%20%22Commentary%20on%20Proverbs%22&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 A looser HOLLIS search on 'Origen Proverbs commentary' returns only Septuagint/Hexapla scholarship and a 1713 Latin Hexapla, with no English translation of the commentary fragments. No Fathers of the Church, Ancient Writers or Popular Patristics volume of Origen on Proverbs was located; the surviving text is catena material printed in Migne (PG 17).

First1KGreek prints the fragments from Origenis Opera Omnia vol. 7 (Patrologia Graeca 17), ed. Charles de La Rue / Charles Vincent de La Rue (Paris: Migne, 1857), per the __cts__.xml. 18,055 Greek words — a substantial body of exegesis with no English rendering.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

Source and licence
First1KGreek · TEI XML · CC BY-SA 4.0 (encoding); Migne 1857 edition public domain
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg075.1st1K-grc1
Perseus · HTML · CC BY-SA 4.0
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg075.1st1K-grc1

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Origen of Alexandria Commentary on Proverbs — 4 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

RecordCitation
Scripture as real presence : sacramental exegesis in the early church
Boersma, Hans, 1961- · 2017 · eng
Boersma, Hans, 1961-. "Scripture as real presence : sacramental exegesis in the early church." Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2017]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990149809680203941
Codex syriaco-hexaplaris : Liber quartus regum, e codice Parisiensi. Iesaias, Duodecim prophetai minores, Proverbia, Iobus, Canticum, Threni, e codice Mediolanensi
· 1835 · syr
"Codex syriaco-hexaplaris : Liber quartus regum, e codice Parisiensi. Iesaias, Duodecim prophetai minores, Proverbia, Iobus, Canticum, Threni, e codice Mediolanensi." Berolini : Apud Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, 1835. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990095804680203941
Intertextuality Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture : Essays in Honor of Caroline H. C. M. Vander Stichele
Bosman, Frank G · 2026 · eng
Bosman, Frank G. "Intertextuality Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture : Essays in Honor of Caroline H. C. M. Vander Stichele." New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2026. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99161820017203941
Zohar, the book of enlightenment
· 1983 · eng
"Zohar, the book of enlightenment." New York : Paulist Press, c1983. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990004448710203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Commentary on Proverbs (fragments preserved in the catenae)” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-origen-expositio-proverbia