Origen

<p>Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.<br>This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's writings, including some never previously available in print, show how Origen provided a lasting framework for Christian theology by finding through study of the Bible a coherent understanding of God's saving plan.</p> Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 The Making of a Scholar and Theologian; Chapter 2 The Mature Years at Alexandria; Chapter 3 Man of the Church at Caesarea; Chapter 4 A Controversial Legacy; Part 2 Texts; Chapter 5 Commentary on Psalms 1–25 Fragment from Preface; Chapter 6 Commentary on Lamentations Selected Fragments; Chapter 7 Commentary on Genesis, Fragment from Book 3; Chapter 8 Commentary on John, Book 1; Chapter 9 Commentary on John, Book 13.3–192; Chapter 10 Homily 12 on Jeremiah; Chapter 11 Homilies 19 and 20 on Luke; Chapter 12 Homily 5 on 1 Samuel; Chapter 13 Letter to Gregory; Chapter 14 Commentary on John, Book 32.1–140; Chapter 15 Commentary on John, Book 32.318–67;