De Montibus Sina et Sion. — A work falsely attributed in some manuscripts to St. Cyprian. The work seeks to explain the apparent contradiction between *Exodus* 2, 3: “Out of Sion shall go forth the law” and the legislation of Sinai.
Mount Sion is celestial, Mount Sinai is earthly; the former represents the New Testament, the latter the Old. The work is written in late Latin and contains several inaccuracies (e.g., Sinai in Palestine, chap. 3). The Christological doctrine is very primitive. It does not seem certain that the author knew the writings of St. Cyprian (contra H. Koch, *Cyprianische Untersuchungen*, Bonn 1926, pp. 421 sqq.), and a pre-Cyprianic origin cannot be excluded, though its place of composition cannot be determined. The argumentation follows that of anti-Judaic writings.
DE MONTIBUS SINA ET SION — DENIFLE HEINRICH 1430