Learning the Language of Scripture
Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23559130 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Randall James |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Learning the language of Scripture (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004448544 |
| OpenAlex | W4251399540 |
| ISBN | 9789004448544 |
| Open Library | OL59932089M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In Learning the Language of Scripture, Mark Randall James offers a new account of theological interpretation as a sapiential practice of learning the language of Scripture, drawing on recently discovered Homilies on the Psalms by the influential early theologian Origen of Alexandria (2nd-3rd c. C.E). Widely regarded as one of the most arbitrary interpreters, James shows that Origen's appearance of arbitrariness is a result of the modern tendency to neglect the role of wisdom in scriptural interpretation. James demonstrates that Origen offers a compelling model of a Christian pragmatism in which learning and correcting linguistic practice is a site of the transformative pedagogy of the divine Logos.
Arbitrariness · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Interpreter · Linguistics · Logos Bible Software · Pedagogy · Pragmatism · Sociology · Theology · Transformative learning · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy · Religious Education and Schools · Bible · Early church, ca. 30-600 · Hermeneutics · Historiography · History · Methodology · Origen · Sermons
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |