The publication aims to present a critical text and translation of newly found fragments of the lost Theodore of Mopsuestia’s work «Against the Magicians» («Contra magos») and to introduce into scientific circulation other previously unpublished quotations from his works, preserved in translation into Syriac, discovered in the treatise «The Book on the Union» by the Nestorian monk Simeon the Persecuted: «De incarnatione» (II, V, XII), «In duodecim prophetas minores» (Nah. 1, 1), «In Matthaeum» (Matt. 16, 14–17).

   The article also offers an improved critical text, taking into account a new manuscript source (Brit. Lib. Or. 9379), and a translation into Russian of already published fragments: «In epistolas B. Pauli commentarii» (Eph. 1, 22–23) and a fragment of «Contra magos», previously discovered by J. G. Reinink.

   This article once again raises the problem of the authenticity of the sixth homily of the homiletic corpus of St. Proclus of Constantinople, whose traditional title is: «Praise of the Mother of God». Due to the fact that previous researchers, when voicing arguments against the authenticity of the work, relied only on the external (formal) details of this homily, taking into account only the textology of the monument and its genre peculiarities, it became necessary to consider their criticisms in the context of comparing them with the internal evidence of the monument (content, structure, theme, stylistics, and other important substantive details of the text). Thus, the present article, on the one hand, highlights in detail the problems of the argumentation base of the proponents who consider this homily not to be St. Proclus, and, on the other hand, offers its own explanations for the so-called «problematic places» of the homily, based on a comparative analysis of the internal and external evidence of the text. As a conclusion of the present article, the thesis is voiced about the integrity in terms of content, composition, theme, stylistics and rhetorical devices used in the «Praise of the Mother of God», as well as its belonging to one author.

   The third part of the article concludes the review of research approaches to the reconstruction of the teaching of St. Gregory Palamas on the way of seeing uncreated light. The article presents an analysis of the research of the key representatives of the paradigm of the antinomianism of vision of God: V. N. Lossky, H. Gunnarsson, K. E. Chivu, N. Russell. Within this paradigm, there is a pluralism of conceptual approaches to the interpretation of the doctrine of St. Gregory: 1) or it is argued that the mode of vision of God presented in St. Gregory’s theology is unreconstructible and antinomian in its theological and philosophical foundation (H. Gunnarsson), 2) either antinomianism is seen as a special way of speaking about the experience of God-vision that surpasses reason (V. N. Lossky), 3) or St. Gregory’s doctrine is described in a clearly contradictory way without attempting to resolve the existing paradoxes (K. E. Chivu, N. Russell). However, all approaches have one thing in common: St. Gregory’s doctrine of vision of God is thought of as antinomian and paradoxical. In conclusion, a brief summary of the review of all three paradigms of vision of God is summarized.

   The callings of the prophets of the Lord to the ministry occupy an important place in the books of the Old Testament. Of the many prophetic vocations described in the pages of the Old Testament, the least noticeable and least known to a wide range of readers is the vocation of the prophet Elisha. This very brief story is told in 1 Kgs. 19, 19–21. This article is devoted to the analysis of this fragment. It is important that in Russian Biblical studies there is not (at least, we do not know) a single detailed commentary on this significant biblical passage. Special attention will be paid to the following issues: how Elijah recognized Elisha, why Elijah throws his mantle on Elisha’s shoulders, the relation of Elisha’s request to kiss his parents to Lk. 9, 61–62, the meaning of Elijah’s words, the use of the verb חַבָז / zābaḥ in 1 Kgs. 19, 21, why Elisha burns the equipment of his oxen, what is the meaning of Elisha’s feast, the meaning of the verb «to serve» (תֵרֵשׁ / šērēṯ) in relation to Elisha.

   The first part of the review of Coptic Studies publications presents contributions published in three journals for 2021: «Analecta Bollandiana» (one paper), «Journal of Coptic Studies» (nine papers), and «Vigiliae Christianae» (one paper). Three papers deal with the Coptic biblical text (papers by Alain Delattre, Marcin Kotyl and Nicholas E. Wagner). Two papers contain editions of epitaphs (papers by Florence Calament and Jitse H. F Dijkstra). Four papers deal with apocryphal texts (papers by Damien Labadie, Nathan Carlig, Mary K. Farag and Catherine Louis). Edward O. D. Love’s article contains the first part of his study on the Old Coptic dialect. Finally, an article published in the journal «Vigiliae Christianae» deals with the demonology presented in Coptic Christian literature.