Origen and prophecy

Thesis

This thesis is an attempt to understand prophecy in the thought of Origen of Alexandria.

There is no speculative theological work of Origen (or, indeed, of any other Church writer of his period) on prophecy as a theological category in its own right. Yet prophecy lies at the heart of Christian understandings of the world, as a topic which intersects with all of the most complex questions of theological philosophy – free will, foreknowledge, eschatology, soteriology, cosmology. To un...

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Authors: Hall, C

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Origen; prophecy; exegesis; free will; allegory; prediction
• Subjects: Prophecy; Origen; Ancient Philosophy; Christian literature, Early