Allegory and Event

by Hanson, R. P. C.; Trigg, Joseph Wilson

• ISBN13: 9780664224448
• ISBN10: 066422444X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Joseph W. Trigg
Preface	7	(2)
I THE SOURCES OF CHRISTIAN ALLEGORY	9	(122)
Jewish Allegory	11	(26)
Alexandrian and Hellenistic Allegory	37	(28)
Allegory in the New Testament	65	(32)
The Development of the Allegorical Tradition	97	(34)
II ORIGEN AS AN EXEGETE	131	(102)
Contemporary Exegesis	133	(29)
Origen's Handling of the Text of the Bible	162	(25)
Inspiration	187	(23)
Accommodation	210	(23)
III ORIGEN AS AN ALLEGORIST	233	(142)
The Three Senses of Scripture	235	(24)
Historicity	259	(30)
The Law	289	(22)
Sacraments	311	(22)
Eschatology	333	(26)
CONCLUSION
Origen's Interpretation of Scripture	359	(16)
Abbreviations	375	(1)
Bibliography	376	(6)
Index of References	382	(16)
Index of Names	398