
In the Image of Origen
Eros, Virtue, and Constraint in the Early Christian Academy
David Satran(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2018
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-520-29123-2 (ISBN)
Description
The most prominent Christian theologian and exegete of the third century, Origen was also an influential teacher. In the famed Thanksgiving Address, one of his students-often thought to be Gregory Thaumaturgus, later bishop of Cappadocia-delivered an emotionally charged account of his tutelage in Roman Palestine. Although it is one of the few "personal" accounts by a Christian author to have survived from the period, the Address is more often cited than read closely. But as David Satran demonstrates, this short work has much to teach us today. At its center stands the question of moral character, anchored by the image of Origen himself, and David Satran's careful analysis of the text sheds new light on higher education in the early Church as well as the intimate relationship between master and disciple.
Reviews / Votes
"Satran's book is laudable for its important contribution to studies of late antique education and rhetoric, to scholarship on Origen and Gregory and, one would like to hope, to contemporary discussions on the nature of education and the vital role of teachers as intellectual and moral guides to a truly liberating way of life." * Journal of Ecclesiastical History * "[L]ocates [value] in contemporary Origen literature as a helpful resource for those who want to delve deeper into a learned, loving ancient tribute . . ." * Reading Religion *More details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-29123-2 (9780520291232)
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Person
David Satran is the Leeds Senior Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Providence, Eros, and Constraint
2. Dialectic and the Training of the Mind
3. Moral Formation and the Path to Scripture
4. Paradise and the Cave
5. Paideia, Loss, and Prospect
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. Providence, Eros, and Constraint
2. Dialectic and the Training of the Mind
3. Moral Formation and the Path to Scripture
4. Paradise and the Cave
5. Paideia, Loss, and Prospect
Notes
Bibliography
Index