Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation: 24 (Studies in Systematic Theology)

Mark Randall James

ISBN 10: 9004448535 / ISBN 13: 9789004448537

Published by BRILL, 2021

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339 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation: 24 (Studies in Systematic Theology)
• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004448535
• ISBN 13: 9789004448537
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Mark Randall James, Ph.D. (2015), University of Virginia, is an independent scholar. He was Visiting Professor of Religion at Colgate University in 2020. He has published essays on Origen, pragmatism, and scriptural interpretation, and he co-edited Signs of Salvation (2020).