Origen on the Song of Songs as the spirit of scripture : the bridegroom's perfect marriage-song / J. Christopher King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, J. Christopher.

Series:

Oxford theological monographs.

Oxford theological monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Origen--Criticism and interpretation.

Origen.

Bible. Song of Solomon.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Other Title:

Origen on the Song of Songs

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christian exegesis of the Song of Songs has long interacted creatively with - and, more recently, reacted critically against - the allegorical interpretation developed by Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c.254) in his Commentary and two Homilies on the Song of Songs. Interest in Origen's exegesis of the Song's narrative elements has dominated past scholarship, which has almost entirely ignored how Origen assesses the Song itself, in its unity as arevealed text. This study aims to show that the Commentary and Homilies - when read in light of Origen's hermeneutic, his nuptial theology, his understand

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Origen and the spiritual reading of the Song of Songs; 2. Origen, the nuptial motif, and the Song of Songs; 3. Origen's grounds for the wholly spiritual reading of the Song of Songs; 4. Origen on the hermeneutical unity of the Song of Songs; 5. Origen on the hermeneutical finality of the Song of Songs; Conclusion: the Song of Songs as the spirit of Scripture; Select bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index.

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ISBN:

1-281-19837-4

9786611198374

0-19-153408-0

1-4356-2277-4

OCLC:

735626217

Publisher Number:

978019972181 (hbk. : alk. paper)