Learning the language of scripture: origen, wisdom, and the logic of interpretation
Origen and stoic logic -- From lexis to logos -- The pragmatics of scriptural utterances -- The grammar of scriptural language -- The deification of discourse -- Origenism as pragmatism : a sketch of a sapiential hermeneutic.
| Summary: | Origen and stoic logic -- From lexis to logos -- The pragmatics of scriptural utterances -- The grammar of scriptural language -- The deification of discourse -- Origenism as pragmatism : a sketch of a sapiential hermeneutic. "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). Widely regarded as one of the most arbitrary interpreters, James shows that Origen's appearance of arbitrariness is a result of the modern tendency to neglect the role of wisdom in scriptural interpretation. James demonstrates that Origen offers a compelling model of a Christian pragmatism in which learning and correcting linguistic practice is a site of the transformative pedagogy of the divine Logos"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-44854-4 |
