Learning the Language of Scripture : Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation /
In Learning the Language of Scripture , Mark Randall James offers a new account of theological interpretation as a sapiential practice of learning the language of Scripture, drawing on recently discovered Homilies on the Psalms by the influential early theologian Origen of Alexandria (2nd-3rd c. C.E...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
2021.
Series:
Studies in Systematic Theology ;
24.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441309.
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Call Number: P61
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Problem of Hermeneutic Arbitrariness
- 2 Origen and Arbitrariness
- 3 Method: Descriptive Logic
- 4 Learning the Language of Scripture
- 1 Origen and Stoic Logic
- 1 Stoic Philosophy of Language
- 2 Origen on Language and Logic
- 3 Conclusion
- 2 From Lexis to Logos
- 1 The Pedagogy of the Logos
- 2 Elements of the Movement from Lexis to Logos
- 3 Conclusion
- 3 The Pragmatics of Scriptural Utterances
- 1 Deixis
- 2 Implicature
- 3 Conclusion
- 4 The Grammar of Scriptural Language
- 1 Inquiry and Vagueness
- 2 Habits of Scripture
- 3 Invention
- 4 Conclusion
- 5 The Deification of Discourse
- 1 Bold Speech
- 2 Parrhesia and Deification
- 3 Conclusion
- 6 Origenism as Pragmatism: A Sketch of a Sapiential Hermeneutic
- 1 Wisdom
- 2 Scripture and Philosophy
- 3 Sapiential Interpretation
- 4 Towards a Sapiential Theology of Scripture
- Works Cited
- Index of Citations
- Index of Names and Subjects.