| Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation Contributor(s): James, Mark Randall (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004448535 ISBN-13: 9789004448537 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Philosophy | Logic - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Physical Information: 356 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |