The life of Jesus in the writings of Origen of Alexandria / Samuel B. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Samuel B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Origen--Criticism and interpretation.

Origen.

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Origen of Alexandria stands at the headwaters of the entire history of Gospel reading. In this study of the earliest extant Gospel commentaries, Samuel Johnson explores questions, often associated with modern Gospel criticism, that were already formative of the first moments of the Christian interpretative tradition. Origen's approach to the Gospels in fact arose from straightforward historical and literary critical judgments: the Gospel narratives interweave things that happened with things that did not. Origen discerned that the Gospels depict events in Jesus's life not merely as matters of historical fact, but also figuratively. He did not just interpret the Gospels allegorically. Johnson demonstrates that Origen believed the Gospel writers themselves were figurative readers of the life of Jesus. Origen thus found no contradiction between discerning the truth of the Christian Gospels and facing the critical challenges of their literary form and formation. Johnson's study shows how they constitute a single unified vision.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-46558-9

1-009-46561-9

1-009-46557-0

OCLC:

1518931169