Homilies on Genesis

Homiliae in Genesim

Written about 385 to 388, probably in Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey). The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

Sixty-seven sermons on the whole of Genesis.

Homily · first written in Greek · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written probable: Hill, St John Chrysostom: Homilies on Genesis (1986): most likely 388 or 389
Place written probable: He was deacon and priest at Antioch from 381 to 397 (Kelly, Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom (1995))