medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear learned list-subscribers,
After George's wise words convinced me to stay on the list, I'd like to pick
your learned brains about something I encountered in the commentaries of Andrew
of Saint Victor on the XII Prophets, which I am currently co-editing.
Frequently, Andrew of Saint Victor (d. 1175) refers to the Jewish Messiah as
"their Helimenus" (helimenus suus). (As in: the Jews think this Bible verse
predicts the coming of their helimenus, but we think it refers to Christ.)
First I thought this was a reference to Elijah, but ruled that out after some
research. I have not found the word "helimenus" in any respectable dictionary.
My question: does anyone know of any other uses of this word "helimenus"? Does
anyone have any clue as to its etymology? (It sounds vaguely Greek to me, no
pun intended, but I did not find it in a Greek dictionary either). Does anyone
have any other light to shed on this enigmatic word?
Thank you very much for any suggestions!
Frans van Liere
Department of History, Calvin College
1845 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/faculty/vanlieref/
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