INTRODUCTION We have Jerome to thank for the Commentary on the prophet Zechariah by Didymus, composed at his request by the illustrious Alexandrian scholar a decade before his death in 398.1 Despite the loss of his sight in early childhood, Didymus not only became a monk2 but also attained such eminence as a scholar, adversary of heretics, and spiritual director as to win the admiration of a prelate like Athanasius and a hermit like Antony.
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