The "Belly-Myther" of Endor : interpretations of 1 Kingdoms 28 in the early church / / translated with an introduction and notes by Rowan A. Greer and Margaret M. Mitchell.

• Superior document: Society of Biblical Literature writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 16
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Greer, Rowan A.; Mitchell, Margaret Mary, 1956-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 16.
• Physical Description: clvii, 189 p.

Table of Contents

Ome observations on the texts translated : theological perspectives -- Patristic rhetoric on allegory : Origen and Eustathius put 1 Samuel 28 on trial -- Compositional analyses -- A. Origen, de Engastrimytho (hom. 5 in Sam.) -- B. Eustathius of Antioch, de Engastrimytho contra Origenem -- Texts and translations -- Justin Martyr, dialogue with trypho -- Tertullian, on the soul 54-58 : the soul's fate after death -- The martyrdom of Pionius 12-14 -- Origen, homily on 1 Kingdoms 28 -- Eustathius of Antioch, on the belly-myther of Endor, against Origen -- Apollinaris of Laodicea, a fragment from the Catenae -- Diodore of Tarsus, a fragment from the Catenae -- The letter of Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, concerning the belly-myther, to Bishop Theodosius.