Les chaînes exégétiques comme modèle de lecture polysémique

Abstract

This article first of all makes some general considerations concerning the catenae: the author seeks to show the interest they have for our knowledge of ancient Christian exegesis and the difficulties which the modern editor comes across not only in establishing the text of a catena, but also and above all getting back to the patristic sources. In a second part, the author concentrates on the Catena on the Song of Songs by Procopius of Gaza († around 530) and examines how this reference tool aims at showing the polysemantic nature of the Biblical text and opens up a whole spectrum of interpretations.