The soul and spirit of Scripture within Origen's exegesis / / by Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro.

• Superior document: Bible in ancient Christianity ; Volume 3
• VerfasserIn: Dively Lauro, Elizabeth Ann,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston ;, Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.,, [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Bible in ancient Christianity ; Volume 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro discusses the theologian Origen's employment of three distinct senses of scriptural meaning within his exegetical theory and practice: somatic (bodily, factually historical), psychic (pertaining to the soul, a figurative call to shun vice and grow in virtue), and pneumatic (spiritual, revealing God's plan of salvation through Christ's Incarnation). Lauro first establishes that a correct understanding of the mechanics of Origen's exegesis is vital to an informed reading of his works, then cites Origen's theoretical foundations for each sense. She ultimately demonstrates how the relationship between the two "higher senses" (psychic and pneumatic) is central to Origen's exegetical efforts and facilitates his audience's spiritual transformation.

Table of Contents

Rehabilitation of the psychic sense -- Earlier exegetical theory -- Extended exegetical theory -- The psychic and pneumatic senses in practice -- The temporal means to the eternal hope.