Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Origen's work is mainly preserved only in fragments, as he was condemned as a heretic after his death. Thus only a fraction of his commentary on Genesis is still in existence, albeit a relatively large portion of the work and one of particular significance, as the story of the Creation is used to treat major themes in cosmology and views of destiny. Fragments of the history of the Patriarchs provide examples of Origen's idiosyncratic hermeneutics in its allegorical and psychological interpretation.
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In this work Origen's homilies on Isaiah are translated into German for the first time. These homilies, which have previously attracted little attention, are provided with annotations and an extensive introduction. In the nine preserved Latin sermons, the Alexandrian theologian explores such difficult Biblical motives as Israel's obduracy and Isaiah's famous vision of God and the Seraphs. Thus, with recourse to the Platonic thought of his time and consciously confronting the context of a rich biblical and non-biblical tradition with his interpretation, Origen provided a distinctly complex account of the theology of the Book of Isaiah; one which is equally interesting and fruitful for both the historical interpretation of this key biblical text and for our understanding of Origenian theology. Besides questions dealing with the varied history of Origen's Isaiah interpretation and its reception, the introduction sheds light on its extremely complex background. This work is rounded off with an appendix containing a collection of testimonies to Origen's Isaiah commentary (the commentary itself is not included). It also contains a treatise by Theophilus of Alexandria condemning the Origenist interpretation, originating from the First Origenist Crisis, with a translation.
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In der vorliegenden Ausgabe werden die bislang wenig beachteten Jesajahomilien des Origenes erstmalig ins Deutsche bersetzt sowie mit Einzelerkl rungen und einer umfangreichen Einleitung versehen. In den neun lateinisch erhaltenen Predigten setzt sich der alexandrinische Theologe mit so diffizilen biblischen Motiven wie der Verstockung Israels und Jesajas ber hmter Gottes- und Seraphenvision auseinander. Im Kontext einer reichen inner- und au erbiblischen Tradition, in die Origenes sich mit seiner Auslegung bewusst stellt, und im Rekurs auf das platonische Denken seiner Zeit entsteht so eine ausgesprochen vielschichtige Darstellung der Theologie des Jesajabuches, die f r die Geschichte der Auslegung dieses biblischen Schl sseltextes ebenso interessant und ergiebig ist wie f r das Bild der origeneischen Theologie. Neben Fragen der wechselvollen berlieferungs- und Rezeptionsgeschichte beleuchtet die Einleitung den beraus komplexen Hintergrund der Jesajadeutung des Origenes. Ein Anhang, in dem die Testimonien zu dem nicht erhaltenen Jesajakommentar des Origenes gesammelt und der im ersten Origenismusstreit entstandene Traktat des Theophilus von Alexandria gegen die origeneische Auslegung mit bersetzung abgedruckt ist, schlie en den Band ab.
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The nine preserved Latin homilies on Isaiah represent a little-known work by Origen, translated here into German for the first time. Short annotations are provided to clarify difficult passages. Besides covering the historical process in which Origen's Isaiah interpretation has been handed down, the extensive introduction explains the exegetical, historical-theological and historical-philosophical contexts of the homilies wealth of perspectives. In these homilies Origen addressed his congregation on themes such as the historical salutary role of Israel, the obduracy which befell it and its ascendancy to God in thought and deed.