In a book exploring the Jewish concept of the Evil Inclination and its influence, a chapter focused on λογισμοί (roughly, “thoughts”) in the writings of Evagrius Ponticus might seem counterintuitive, at least initially: contemporary scholarship has preferred to search Evagrius’ writings for evidence of Classical and post-Classical Greek philosophy and, to a lesser extent, antecedent Christian literature. In terms of this agenda, exploring Evagrius’ connections with Jewish thinking would seem at best a low priority and at worst a fool’s errand. A minor, but typical, indication of these preconceptions at work can be seen in discussions regarding the attribution of a brief tract “On the Tetragrammaton” preserved in Christian scholia on Job.