Origen: On First Principles, Reader's Edition
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, and a few extensive passages preserved in Greek by being excerpted into the Philokalia of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus.

John Behr offers a translation of one of the most important texts from early Christianity. He includes an invaluable introduction, which provides a clear structure of the work with significant implications for how the text is to be read and for understanding the character of theology in the early Christian tradition.
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Origen: On First Principles, Reader's Edition
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, and a few extensive passages preserved in Greek by being excerpted into the Philokalia of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus.

John Behr offers a translation of one of the most important texts from early Christianity. He includes an invaluable introduction, which provides a clear structure of the work with significant implications for how the text is to be read and for understanding the character of theology in the early Christian tradition.
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Origen: On First Principles, Reader's Edition

Origen: On First Principles, Reader's Edition

by John Behr
Origen: On First Principles, Reader's Edition

Origen: On First Principles, Reader's Edition

by John Behr

Overview

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, and a few extensive passages preserved in Greek by being excerpted into the Philokalia of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus.

John Behr offers a translation of one of the most important texts from early Christianity. He includes an invaluable introduction, which provides a clear structure of the work with significant implications for how the text is to be read and for understanding the character of theology in the early Christian tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199684021
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/07/2018
Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts
Edition description: Translatio
Pages: 784
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

John Behr, Dean and Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York, and Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics and Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology at Vrije Universiteit. His previous publications include John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology (2019), Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000), The Case Against Diodore and Theodore: Texts and Their Contexts (2011), and Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (2013). He is also the co-editor of The Role of Life in Death: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and Death (Wipf and Stock, 2015; with C. Cunningham).

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Origen and his On First PrinciplesI. Origen in AlexandriaII. On First Principles2. The structure of On First PrinciplesI. The Two CyclesII. The Division into ChaptersIII. Theology and EconomyIV. The Apostolic and the Ecclesiastical PreachingV. Scripture, Book Four, and the Purpose of On First PrinciplesVI. Conclusion and the Context of On First Principles3. TheologyI. An Eternal Creation? II. The 'Foundation' of the World4. EconomyI. IncarnationII. The 'Pre-existence' and Incarnation of Christ5. 'In My End is My Beginning'Text and TranslationOrigen, On First PrinciplesManuscripts and Other Sources, Abbreviations and Sigla1. Rufinus' TranslationI. ManuscriptsII. Indirect WitnessesIII. Editions2. The PhilocaliaI. ManuscriptsII. Editions3. Abbreviations and SiglaRufinus' PrefacePrefacePart I: TheologyI. The Apostolic PreachingII. The Church's PreachingPart II: EconomyI. The Apostolic PrachingII. The Church's PreachingPart III: The Inspired ScriptureRecapitulationAppendix I Chapter Titles in the Latin ManuscriptsAppendix II Koetschau's FragmentsBibliographyIndex of Ancient SourcesIndex of Modern Authors Cited
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