~600

Events

• Anastasius of Sinai, a monk and later Bishop of Antioch and Martyr, wrote eleven books of Hexameron on Genesis, allegorically expounding the first chapters concerning Christ and the Church

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Introduction — Anastasius of Sinai's Hexameron

  "Furthermore, Anastasius of Sinai, a monk and later Bishop of Antioch and Martyr, in the year of our Lord 600, wrote eleven books of Hexameron on Genesis, in which he allegorically expounds the first chapters of Genesis concerning Christ and the Church."