This discourse first threatens Christians who keep a Jewish fast and then attacks Jews directly. Its damaged transmission also matters: the familiar printed Greek has a large gap, while an eleventh-century manuscript preserves the missing middle. The edition marks that limit instead of presenting a falsely complete text.
Provenance
This is the discourse traditionally numbered 2 in John Chrysostom’s Κατὰ Ἰουδαίων (Against the Jews) series. The collection article explains the series, numbering, transmission and source architecture.1
The controlling witness is the PG 48 text at columns 857–861; its gap at column 860 remains explicit in this edition.
Contents and scope
The public scope contains the collated Greek transcription and page apparatus. Raw working transcripts and every English layer remain in the internal work area and are excluded from runtime publication.
Methods and limits
- The normalized Greek layer has been collated against the local PG-derived witness. The recorded scope is PG 48.857–861 (the PG witness has a large lacuna at 48.860). The major PG lacuna remains explicit and the record does not claim a complete ancient Greek text.2
- `editorial-review.tsv` maps scripture, historical claims, rhetorical operations and checked consequential phrases. `textual-notes.tsv` retains transmission and interpretive cautions.
Rights and permissions
The ancient Greek work and the PG witness are public domain. The normalized Greek transcription is adapted from Greek Wikisource, Λόγοι Κατά Ιουδαίων/2, revision 105959:
https://el.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=105959
TJD removed wiki markup, divided the transcription into PG page units, corrected recorded extraction boundaries where needed, collated the complete retained Greek sequence against the PG-derived witness and added page apparatus. The public Greek transcription and its TJD page apparatus are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
The Wikisource revision link supplies the source text, contributor history and original license context. Any reuse or adaptation of the licensed public layers must retain attribution, identify changes and use the same license. The restored Greek text and critical apparatus for the large PG lacuna remain excluded because the modern edition is in copyright. The public Greek layer retains and labels the lacuna.
Raw working transcripts, every English layer, source facsimiles and private Research assets remain outside the runtime package. The English layers require a separate provenance and editorial decision before publication.
Date and sequence
This is traditional Homily 2, but it occupies position 4 in the revised delivery order. The corresponding dated record is John Chrysostom’s delivery of this discourse, assigned to 5 September 387 Julian.3
Why does the Greek text contain a gap?
The PG witness breaks at column 860 because the manuscript available to Montfaucon was defective. Wendy Pradels later found a complete eleventh-century witness, Leimonos Monastery 27. The 2001 critical publication supplies more than seven PG columns of missing Greek.4
A complete 2010 English translation of the restored section remains in the internal work area. The proposed public scope does not include that translation, the in-copyright Greek critical text or its apparatus. The gap remains marked in the Greek layer, and the manuscript coordinates remain recorded in `source.yml`. This is a rights boundary, not a claim that the Greek is unavailable.
Source claims and limits
The homily’s collective accusations and attacks on Jewish religious life are the source’s claims. This edition presents them as historical evidence, not as endorsement.