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Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans
Thomas P. Scheck
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Paperback. Translator(s): Scheck, Thomas P. Series: Fathers of the Church Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
This volume completes the first English translation of Rufinus's Latin version of Origen of Alexandria's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans and contains Origen's detailed exegesis of Romans 6:12-16:27. Origen's much neglected Commentary, which stands out in splendid isolation at the fountainhead of Greek and Latin exegesis, is now completely accessible to English readers.
In Books 6-10 Origen carries through to completion his programme, begun in Books 1-5, of defending human freedom and of opposing the natural predestinarian doctrine of the sects founded by the Gnostic heretics Marcion, Valentinus, and Basilides. These schools relied heavily on texts from ... Read more
This volume completes the first English translation of Rufinus's Latin version of Origen of Alexandria's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans and contains Origen's detailed exegesis of Romans 6:12-16:27. Origen's much neglected Commentary, which stands out in splendid isolation at the fountainhead of Greek and Latin exegesis, is now completely accessible to English readers.
In Books 6-10 Origen carries through to completion his programme, begun in Books 1-5, of defending human freedom and of opposing the natural predestinarian doctrine of the sects founded by the Gnostic heretics Marcion, Valentinus, and Basilides. These schools relied heavily on texts from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Fathers of the Church Series
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813220215
SKU
V9780813220215
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About Thomas P. Scheck
Thomas P. Scheck, a graduate student at the University of Iowa, is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Religion and Classics.
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