Learning the language of Scripture : origen, wisdom, and the logic of interpretation / Mark Randall James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Mark Randall, author.

Series:

Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 24.

Studies in Systematic Theology ; Volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

In Learning the Language of Scripture , Mark Randall James offers a new account of theological interpretation as a sapiential practice of learning the language of Scripture, drawing on recently discovered Homilies on the Psalms by the influential early theologian Origen of Alexandria (2nd-3rd c. C.E) Widely regarded as one of the most arbitrary interpreters, James shows that Origen's appearance of arbitrariness is a result of the modern tendency to neglect the role of wisdom in scriptural interpretation. James demonstrates that Origen offers a compelling model of a Christian pragmatism in which learning and correcting linguistic practice is a site of the transformative pedagogy of the divine Logos.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The Problem of Hermeneutic Arbitrariness

2 Origen and Arbitrariness

3 Method: Descriptive Logic

4 Learning the Language of Scripture

1 Origen and Stoic Logic

1 Stoic Philosophy of Language

2 Origen on Language and Logic

3 Conclusion

2 From Lexis to Logos

1 The Pedagogy of the Logos

2 Elements of the Movement from Lexis to Logos

3 The Pragmatics of Scriptural Utterances

1 Deixis

2 Implicature

4 The Grammar of Scriptural Language

1 Inquiry and Vagueness

2 Habits of Scripture

3 Invention

4 Conclusion

5 The Deification of Discourse

1 Bold Speech

2 Parrhesia and Deification

6 Origenism as Pragmatism: A Sketch of a Sapiential Hermeneutic

1 Wisdom

2 Scripture and Philosophy

3 Sapiential Interpretation

4 Towards a Sapiential Theology of Scripture

Works Cited

Index of Citations

Index of Names and Subjects.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-44854-3

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004448544 DOI