| Origen Contributor(s): Trigg, Joseph W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415118352 ISBN-13: 9780415118354 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: Origen was the greatest and 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. This book presents, for the first time in English, a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. It analyzes the principal influences that formed Origen 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, present the development of Origen's theological thought and argument. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97023338 |
| Lexile Measure: 1810 |
| Series: Early Church Fathers |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.56" W x 8.98" (1.25 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |