The work is only partially printed even in Latin: Migne reproduces the excerpt on the opening chapters of Genesis at PL 96, cols 1101-1168 (the volume carries the heading 'Wigbodi Quaestiones in Octateuchum' at that point), and the Catholic Encyclopedia account states that Martène and Durand printed only the Genesis 1-3 portion and that the manuscript they used is now lost. HOLLIS Primo (2026-11-14) returns no edition of the work at all for the query 'Wigbod'; the only related record is Michael Gorman's 'Biblical Commentaries from the Early Middle Ages' (SISMEL, 2002), whose contents include 'The encyclopedic commentary on Genesis prepared for Charlemagne by Wigbod' and 'Wigbod and biblical studies under Charlemagne', i.e. studies, not a translation. No English translation exists.
A question-and-answer commentary on the first eight books of the Bible, compiled for Charlemagne from Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, Ambrose, Hilary, Isidore, Eucherius and Junilius, and valuable chiefly because it quotes patristic texts otherwise lost. It is the earliest Carolingian biblical commentary, and in English it is not merely untranslated but, beyond the Genesis opening, largely unprinted.
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| archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, Patrologia Latina, 1844-1880 printing) |
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| The questions on the Octateuch | Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus. "The questions on the Octateuch." Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990113751740203941 |
| Theodoret of Cyrus: The Questions on the Octateuch, Volume 1 on Genesis and Exodus. Vol. 1 | Petruccione, John F. "Theodoret of Cyrus: The Questions on the Octateuch, Volume 1 on Genesis and Exodus. Vol. 1." [Place of publication not identified] Catholic University of America Press 2008. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99155910556803941 |
| The library of early Christianity | "The library of early Christianity." Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2007-. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156863182603941 |
| Questions on the Old Testament : manuscript, [1525-1575] | Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus. "Questions on the Old Testament : manuscript, [1525-1575]." 1525-1575. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990096837430203941 |
| La littérature des questions et réponses dans l'Antiquité profane et chrétienne : de l'enseignement à l'exégèse : actes du séminaire sur le genre des questions et réponses tenu à Ottawa les 27 et 28 septembre 2009 | "La littérature des questions et réponses dans l'Antiquité profane et chrétienne : de l'enseignement à l'exégèse : actes du séminaire sur le genre des questions et réponses tenu à Ottawa les 27 et 28 septembre 2009." Turnhout : Brepols, 2013. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990137016800203941 |