Trypho (theologian) explained

Trypho (;) was a Christian theologian and Bible scholar of the 3rd century. He was a pupil of Origen.^{[1] [2]}

In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes that Trypho wrote on the red heifer (Numbers 19) and about the sacrifices offered by Abraham in Genesis 9.^{[3] [4]} He may be the same Tryphon as is named as a martyr in the Acta Tryphonis, who died in the Decian persecution of 249–51.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Church Fathers Scripture Index. www.catholiccrossreference.online.
2. Jerome. (2010:81). On Illustrious Men (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 100). United States: Catholic University of America Press.
3. Web site: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. III: Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men.: Trypho the pupil of Origen.. www.sacred-texts.com.
4. Web site: CHURCH FATHERS: De Viris Illustribus (Jerome). www.newadvent.org.
5. Web site: Trypho. Smith, Clyde. Curry. May 8, 2023. Dictionary of African Christian Biography.