Papyrus with fragments of Book of Enoch and Peri Pascha. A decorative flourish marks the end of 'Book of Enoch' and the beginning of the 'Peri Pascha'. This simple embellishment represents some of the earliest ornamentation of Christian codices. Egypt, 4th century. Chester Beatty Library
Peri Pascha (Greek: Περί Πάσχα) (English title On the Pascha) is a 2nd-century homily of Melito of Sardis written between A.D.160 and 170 in Asia Minor. It was discovered last century and first published in 1940.[1] It describes Christian doctrine on the Paschal mystery in the style of Second Sophistic period. It was originally conjectured to have probably been recited with the kind of cantillation customary in scripture reading.[2]
Its first editor, Campbell Bonner, entitled it mistakenly On the Passion.[3][4] It was corrected to On the Pascha, thanks to the title found in the Papyrus Bodmer XIII, one of the Bodmer Papyri.[5][6]
^Campbell Bonner, Melito of Sardis, The Homily on the Passion,. Christophers, London 1940.
^Wellesz E.J. Journal of Theological Studies, 44 (1943), pp. 41-52
^Cf. Bonner, C. (1936) The Homily on the Passion by Melito, Bishop of Sardis, pp. 107-119.
^Floyd V. Filson, "More Bodmer Papyri" The Biblical Archaeologist25.2 (May 1962, pp. 50-57) p 5
^Ed. M. Testuz, Geneva 1960
^Hall, S.G., The Melito Papyri, 476-508; idem, Melito, Peri Pascha 1 and 2: Text and Interpretation, 236-248
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