Origen

On First Principles, Reader's Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-968402-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Latin, 784 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1459 g

On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230 AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the fourth century, and was the subject, together with its author, of condemnation in the sixth century. As a result, the work no longer survives intact in the original Greek. We only have the complete work in the Latin translation of Rufinus, and a few extensive passages preserved in Greek by being excerpted into the Philokalia of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus.

John Behr provides a new edition and translation of one of the most important texts from early Christianity. He includes an invaluable introduction, which provides a clear structure of the work with significant implications for how the text is to be read and for understanding the character of theology in the early Christian tradition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Behr, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Origen and his On First Principles

- I: Origen in Alexandria

- II: On First Principles

- 2: The structure of On First Principles

- I: The Two Cycles

- II: The Division into Chapters

- III: Theology and Economy

- IV: The Apostolic and the Ecclesiastical Preaching

- V: Scripture, Book Four, and the Purpose of On First Principles

- VI: Conclusion and the Context of On First Principles

- 3: Theology

- I: An Eternal Creation?

- II: The 'Foundation' of the World

- 4: Economy

- I: Incarnation

- II: The 'Pre-existence' and Incarnation of Christ

- 5: 'In My End is My Beginning'

- Text and Translation

- Origen, On First Principles

- Manuscripts and Other Sources, Abbreviations and Sigla

- 1: Rufinus' Translation

- I: Manuscripts

- II: Insalest Witnesses

- III: Editiocs

- 2: The Philocalia

- I: Manuscripts

- II: Editions

- 3: Abbreviations and Sigla

- Rufinus' Preface

- Preface

- Part I: Theology

- I: The Apostolic Preaching

- II: The Church's Preaching

- Part II: Economy

- I: The Apostolic Praching

- II: The Church's Preaching

- Part III: The Inspired Scripture

- Recapitulation

- Appendix I Chapter Titles in the Latin Manuscripts

- Appendix II Koetschau's Fragments

- Bibliography

- Index of Ancient Sources

- Index of Modern Authors Cited

Über Autor(innen)

John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics and Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology at Vrije Universiteit. His previous publications include Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000), The Case Against Diodore and Theodore: Texts and Their Contexts (2011), and Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (OUP, 2013). He is also the co-editor of The Role of Life in Death: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and Death (Wipf and Stock, 2015; with C. Cunningham).