Origen : On First Principles

Name: Origen
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198845317
Price: 8200 KES
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ISBN: 9780198845317

by John Behr

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0198845316

ISBN-13 9780198845317

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 20th, 2019

Print length 448 Pages

Weight 1,016 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 23.30 x 3.30 cms

Product Classification: Ancient, classical and medieval texts Classical texts History of religion Christianity Christian theology History of religion Christianity

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A one-volume translation of one of the most important and controversial texts from early Christianity. It offers a sympathetic understanding of the text, and provides new insights into the structure of the work and the nature of theology as it was practiced in early Christianity.

On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230 AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the fourth century, and was the subject, together with its author, of condemnation in the sixth century. As a result, the work no longer survives intact in the original Greek. We only have the complete work in the Latin translation of Rufinus,

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