Learning the language of Scripture : Origen, wisdom, and the logic of interpretation / by Mark Randall James.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

xiv, 339 pages ; 24 cm.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: James, Mark Randall. Learning the language of Scripture Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

English

May 21, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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