Homilies on the Psalms

Homiliae super Psalmos

Written about 363 to 378, probably in Caesarea in Cappadocia (now Kayseri, Turkey). The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

Sermons on about fourteen Psalms.

Homily · first written in Greek · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure: Fedwick (ed.), Basil of Caesarea: Christian, Humanist, Ascetic (1981), chronology: no homily can be dated closely
Place written probable: Basil was priest (from 364) and bishop (370 to 378) at Caesarea in Cappadocia (Rousseau, Basil of Caesarea, 1994)