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The term Hexameron (Greek: Ἡ Ἑξαήμερος Δημιουργία ''Hē Hexaēmeros Dēmiourgia'') refers either to the genre of theological treatise that describes God's work on the six days of creation or to the six days of creation themselves. Most often these theological works take the form of commentaries on Genesis I. As a genre, hexameral literature was popular in the early church and medieval periods. The word derives its name from the Greek roots ''hexa-'', meaning "six", and ''hemer-'', meaning "day". Using the Genesis account as a template, the days of creation are claimed as follows: # Light # The firmament of Heaven # Separation of water and land, created plant life; # Sun, moon, and stars # Marine life and birds # Land animals, and man and woman. # The seventh day is reserved for rest (Sabbath), and so is not counted. Based on this framework, Christian and Jewish authors have written treatises that cover a wide variety of topics, including cosmology, science, theology, theological anthropology, and God's nature. Saint Basil wrote an early and influential series of homilies around 370 AD which figure as the earliest extant Hexameron. Basil originally performed the work as a series of sermons, and later collected them into a written work which was influential among early church leaders. Among the Latin Fathers, Ambrose and Augustine wrote some of the earliest extant hexameral literature. Ambrose's Hexameron is heavily influenced by Basil's work of the same name. In contrast, Augustine of Hippo wrote several works that serve as commentaries on the Genesis narrative, including ''The Confessions'' and ''The Literal Meaning of Genesis'' (written around 391). One of the more influential elements of Augustine's writings is his argument that God created the world all at once. At the same time, this instantaneous creation included a progression of events. Thus, creation happened over six days and in one single event. Following these figures, medieval writers such as Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Robert Grosseteste wrote hexameral literature. ==Hexameral literature== Hexameral literature is the medieval Christian literature based on the creation narratives found in the first two chapters of the ''Book of Genesis''. It was commentary or elaboration, sometimes taking on encyclopedic scope, regarding the cosmological and theological implications of the world or universe created in six days. It was didactic in nature.〔Christopher Kendrick, ''Milton: A Study in Ideology and Form'' (1986), p. 125.〕 The approach continued in an important literary role until the seventeenth century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hexameron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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