The Commentary of Origen on S. John's Gospel 2 Volume Set (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108029575)

Origen (c. 186-255 CE) was one of the great thinkers and writers of the third-century Church. His Commentary on John, written between 226 and 229, represents the height of his biblical scholarship. In it, he combated rising Gnostic interpretations of the Johannine gospel that asserted doctrines such as the existence of two gods. Unfortunately, only nine books of the original work are extant. In this 1896 publication, biblical scholar Alan England Brooke (1863-1939) provides the revised Greek text. Volume 1 includes an introductory discussion of extant manuscripts and text-critical matters, together with the first five books. Volume 2 contains the remainder, together with various fragments and two indices. Origen's efforts in this work are an important reminder of the contested role of the Bible in Christian theological debate, and the Commentary will be useful to scholars of both patristic studies and the history of Christian biblical interpretation.

Author: Origen
ISBN-10: 1108029574
ISBN-13: 9781108029575
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2011
Pages: 718
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.70d