Origen and Prophecy: Fate, Authority, Allegory, and the Structure of Scripture

by Claire Hall

Origen is frequently hailed as the most important Christian writer of his period (c.185-c.255 AD), and the first systematic theologian. Origen and Prophecy: Fate, Authority, Allegory, and the Structure of Scripture examines whether there was a system to Origen's thinking about prophecy. How were all of these quite different topics - future-telling, moral leadership, mystical revelation - contained in the single word 'prophecy'?

Origen and Prophecy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192846647
• ISBN13: 9780192846648
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.2"