Origen: Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Books 6-10

by Scheck, Thomas P.

• ISBN13: 9780813201047
• ISBN10: 0813201047
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Summary

This volume completes the first English translation of Rufinus's Latin version of Origen of Alexandria's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans and contains Origen's detailed exegesis of Romans 6:12-16:27. Origen's much neglected Commentary, which stands out in splendid isolation at the fountainhead of Greek and Latin exegesis, is now completely accessible to English readers.

In Books 6-10 Origen carries through to completion his program, begun in Books 1-5. of defending human freedom and of opposing the natural predestinarian doctrine of the sects founded by the Gnostic heretics Marcion, Valentinus, and Basilides. These schools relied heavily on texts from Paul, interpreted in isolation from the rest of Scripture, not only to deny free will but to support the doctrine that salvation is determined by the nature one receives at birth, whether good or evil. In contrast Origen clarifies passages in Romans by citations from Paul's other letters, from the Gospels, and from the Old Testament. He attempts to construct a coherent and unified "biblical theology." Ori

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Select Bibliography	ix
Prefatory Note on the Printed Editions	xv
COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS
Book 6	1	(59)
Book 7	60	(72)
Book 8	132	(59)
Book 9	191	(63)
Book 10	254	(57)
Epilogue of Rufinus	311	(6)
INDICES
General Index	317	(11)
Index of Holy Scripture	328	(11)
Index of Origin's Works	339