Allegory and Event: A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen's Interpretation of Scripture

by R. P. C. Hanson

Overview

In this classic work in patristic studies, R. P. C. Hanson elucidates the views of the third-century theologian Origen on the nature and interpretaion of Scripture. The introduction by a leading Origen scholar sets Hanson's work in its context and explores its significance to Origen scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664224448
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	02/28/2003
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

R. P. C. Hanson was Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham; Professor of Theology at the University of Nottingham; and Professor of Historical and Contemporary Theology at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	i
	Preface	7
1	The Sources of Christian Allegory	9
1	Jewish Allegory	11
2	Alexandrian and Hellenistic Allegory	37
3	Allegory in the New Testament	65
4	The Development of the Allegorical Tradition	97
II	Origen as an Exegete	131
5	Contemporary Exegesis	133
6	Origen's Handling of the Text of the Bible	162
7	Inspiration	187
8	Accommodation	210
III	Origen as an Allegorist	233
9	The Three Senses of Scripture	235
10	Historicity	259
11	The Law	289
12	Sacraments	311
13	Eschatology	333
	Conclusion
14	Origen's Interpretation of Scripture	359
	Abbreviations	375
	Bibliography	376
	Index of References	382
	Index of Names	398