Allegory and Event: A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen's Interpretation of Scripture

Hanson, R. P. C.

ISBN 10: 066422444X / ISBN 13: 9780664224448

Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Allegory and Event: A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen's Interpretation of Scripture
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 066422444X
• ISBN 13: 9780664224448
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this classic work in patristic studies, R. P. C. Hanson elucidates the views of the third-century theologian Origen on the nature and interpretaion of Scripture. The introduction by a leading Origen scholar sets Hanson's work in its context and explores its significance to Origen scholarship.

About the Author

R. P. C. Hanson was Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham; Professor of Theology at the University of Nottingham; and Professor of Historical and Contemporary Theology at the University of Manchester.