In the image of Origen : eros, virtue, and constraint in the early Christian academy / David Satran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Satran, David, author.

Series:

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Transformation of the classical heritage ; 58.

Transformation of the classical heritage ; LVIII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Origen--Influence.

Origen.

Gregory, Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270.

Gregory.

Christian education--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christian education.

History.

Christian education--Early church.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 230 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The most prominent Christian theologian and exegete of the third century, Origen was also an influential teacher. In the famed Thanksgiving Address, one of his students--often thought to be Gregory Thaumaturgus, later bishop of Cappadocia--delivered an emotionally charged account of his tutelage in Roman Palestine. Although it is one of the few "personal" accounts by a Christian author to have survived from the period, the Address is more often cited than read closely. But as David Satran demonstrates, this short work has much to teach us today. At its center stands the question of moral character, anchored by the image of Origen himself, and David Satran's careful analysis of the text sheds new light on higher education in the early Church as well as the intimate relationship between master and disciple"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Providence, eros and constraint

Dialectic and the training of the mind

Moral formation and the path to scripture

Paradise and the cave

Paideia, loss and prospect

Appendix : the Thanksgiving Address to Origen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Satran, David. In the image of Origen.

ISBN:

9780520291232

0520291239

OCLC:

1002722503