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First major monograph on Origen's approach to biblical interpretation in over twenty-five years Models a new, biographical approach to studying the history of biblical interpretation Argues that ideal interpreters, for Origen, embarked upon a way of life through the study of Scripture that culminated in the everlasting contemplation of God Suggests Origen's model of exegesis as a refreshing counterpoint for contemporary methods of exegesis 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, Peter W. Martens discloses the contours of Origen's sweeping vision of scriptural exegesis as a way of life. For Origen, ideal interpreters were far more than philologists steeped in the skills conveyed by Greco-Roman education. Their profile also included a commitment to C

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Author

Peter W. Martens

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199639557

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Religion