Commentaria in Genesim
Pererius's extensive commentary on Genesis, cited by Lapide for discussions of Hebrew semantics and the composition of the Pentateuch.
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Cited (vol. III, p. 430ff.) for further discussion of the canon on "eternal"
"see more in Pererius, vol. III on Genesis, p. 430 and following"
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Argumentum
— Cited for the view that Moses wrote Genesis while in exile in Midian
"Moses wrote Genesis while he was living as an exile in Midian, Exodus 2:15, says Pererius"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Introduction
— Cited as dividing Genesis into four parts treated in four volumes
"Genesis can be divided into four parts, which Pererius divided and treated in as many volumes."
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Introduction
— Cited as excelling among recent writers on Genesis
"among whom Pererius excels in the variety of his learning."
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Introduction
— Listed among recommended authors for moral teachings
"I would like to advise preachers and all who eagerly seek moral teachings to read St. Chrysostom, Ambrose, Origen, Rupert, Rabanus, Jerome de Oleastro, Pererius"
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Verse 6: Let there be a firmament
— Cited as holding the firmament is the middle region of air
"Thirdly, Rupert, Eugubinus, Pererius, Gregory of Valencia hold that the firmament is the middle region of the air"
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Verse 3: And God said: Let there be light
— Cited on the light being the sun still unformed
"Pererius and others assert the same."
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Verse 5: And He called the light Day
— Cited on the thirteen prerogatives of Sunday
"See the thirteen prerogatives of Sunday in Pererius at the end of his treatment of the first day."
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Verse 24: Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature
— Cited on the tropological meaning of the six days
"so from Eucherius, Origen, and Hugh, says Pererius."
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Verse 31: And God Saw All Things That He Had Made, and They Were Very Good
— Cited on why "it was good" was omitted after man's creation
"So says Pererius."
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Verse 31: And God Saw All Things That He Had Made, and They Were Very Good
— Cited on God ordering all evils toward good
"So says Pererius."