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Origen and scripture : the contours of the exegetical life / Peter W. Martens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martens, Peter W.
- Series:
- Oxford early Christian studies.
- Oxford early Christian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Origen.
- Christianity--Philosophy.
- Christianity.
- Religious thought.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scriptural interpretation was an important form of scholarship for Christians in late antiquity. For no one does this claim ring more true than Origen of Alexandria (185-254), one of the most prolific scholars of Scripture in early Christianity. This book examines his approach to the Bible through a biographical lens: the focus is on his account of the scriptural interpreter, the animating centre of the exegetical enterprise. In pursuing this largely neglected line of inquiry, PeterW. Martens discloses the contours of Origen's sweeping vision of scriptural exegesis as a way of life. For Origen
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The philologist
- pt. 2. The philologist and Christianity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-871756-3
- 9786613426659
- 1-283-42665-X
- 0-19-161328-2
- OCLC:
- 769344032
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