Learning the Language of Scripture : : Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation /

Learning the Language of Scripture : : Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation / / Mark Randall James.

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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...

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Superior document:Studies in Systematic Theology ; 24
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James, Mark Randall,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL, , 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Studies in Systematic Theology ; 24.
Physical Description:1 online resource (353 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Problem of Hermeneutic Arbitrariness
  • 2 Origen and Arbitrariness
  • 3 Method: Descriptive Logic
  • 4 Learning the Language of Scripture
  • 1 Origen and Stoic Logic
  • 1 Stoic Philosophy of Language
  • 2 Origen on Language and Logic
  • 3 Conclusion
  • 2 From Lexis to Logos
  • 1 The Pedagogy of the Logos
  • 2 Elements of the Movement from Lexis to Logos
  • 3 Conclusion
  • 3 The Pragmatics of Scriptural Utterances
  • 1 Deixis
  • 2 Implicature
  • 3 Conclusion
  • 4 The Grammar of Scriptural Language
  • 1 Inquiry and Vagueness
  • 2 Habits of Scripture
  • 3 Invention
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 5 The Deification of Discourse
  • 1 Bold Speech
  • 2 Parrhesia and Deification
  • 3 Conclusion
  • 6 Origenism as Pragmatism: A Sketch of a Sapiential Hermeneutic
  • 1 Wisdom
  • 2 Scripture and Philosophy
  • 3 Sapiential Interpretation
  • 4 Towards a Sapiential Theology of Scripture
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Citations
  • Index of Names and Subjects.

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