Fragments on Genesis

Fragmenta in Genesin (Greek title not verified) · Theodore of Mopsuestia · early 5th century (before 428) · commentary

Greek · domain: antiochene · 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

Migne PG 66, whose archive.org contents note lists Theodore's 'Fragmenta in Genesin' among his works, preserves the fragments; no English translation was located. The obvious home for one, the Ancient Christian Texts volume 'Commentaries on Genesis 1-3' (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2010), contains only 'Severian of Gabala: homilies on creation and fall' and 'Bede the Venerable: commentary on Genesis, Book I' according to its HOLLIS contents note, and Theodore is absent. HOLLIS Primo searches for 'Theodore of Mopsuestia Commentary on Genesis' and 'Theodore of Mopsuestia fragmenta in Genesin' (2026-11-13) return no translation, only Theodoret's and Severian's Genesis material.

Small but significant: the fragments are the only access to Theodore's literal reading of the creation narrative, the exegesis that the Antiochene school opposed to Origenist allegory. Extent is unknown and probably a few thousand words; the fragments are printed in Latin translation in Migne with some Greek. Because the corpus is fragmentary and short, it is a lower-priority translation target than the Isaiah or Catechetical gaps.

Existing translations recorded

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

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, 1859) patrologiae_cursus_completus_gr_vol_066a

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: Theodore of Mopsuestia Fragments on Genesis — 1 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

Record	Citation
Demonstrative proof in defence of God : a study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos : the work's sources, aims, and relation to its contemporary theology Pedersen, Nils Arne, 1959- · 2004 · eng	Pedersen, Nils Arne, 1959-. "Demonstrative proof in defence of God : a study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos : the work's sources, aims, and relation to its contemporary theology." Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990094955680203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Fragments on Genesis” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-theodore-fragmenta-genesin