The Soul and Spirit of Scripture within

Origen's Exegesis
Author: Elizabeth Dively Lauro

Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro discusses the theologian Origen’s employment of Print Publication Date:
three distinct senses of scriptural meaning within his exegetical theory and 24 Feb 2005

practice: somatic (bodily, factually historical), psychic (pertaining to the soul, Available Formats:
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a figurative call to shun vice and grow in virtue), and pneumatic (spiritual,
revealing God’s plan of salvation through Christ’s Incarnation). Lauro first
ISBN: 9780391041998
establishes that a correct understanding of the mechanics of Origen’s
Publisher: BRILL
exegesis is vital to an informed reading of his works, then cites Origen’s
theoretical foundations for each sense. She ultimately demonstrates how the Series:
relationship between the two “higher senses” (psychic and pneumatic) is The Bible in Ancient
Christianity, Volume: 3
central to Origen’s exegetical efforts and facilitates his audience’s spiritual
Subjects: Early Church &
transformation. Patristics, Biblical
Studies, Ancient Philoso­
phy, Classical Studies

Readership

All those interested in historical theology, church history, the history of biblical  

exegesis and Christian homiletics, and the interplay between theology and
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