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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Origen of Alexandria"”.
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Restoring Reason: Theology of Logic in Origen of Alexandria
Logic and theology were once spoken of together in a divine speech with which we spoke of God, even as God spoke to us, in one and the same sacred speech. Logic had been conceived as a simulation of speech in argument from the divine Logos. Yet logic has since been repeatedly separated from …
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Amidst the Trees: Encountering the Arboreal in Late Antiquity
… knowledge to such an extent that articulations of salvation, nature, pleasure, and identity can no longer be considered solely mental or anthropic. The arboreal helped these notions take root. By examining different modes of arboreal practice, such as grafting, harvesting, and felling, and how …
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Sexing the Jew: Early Christian Constructions of Jewishness
… analyzes early Christian representations of Jewish sexuality and explores how early Christian writers attacked opponents by depicting them as subjects of perverse or excessive sexual desires. Beginning with the New Testament, I examine how Paul employed sexual stereotypes to distinguish …
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Scripture and Self in Origen of Alexandria's Exegetical Practice
<p>In this dissertation I examine the nature of scripture and the self as presented by Origen of Alexandria. I argue that Christian scripture and the Christian self are constructed by exegetical practice; furthermore, in the case of Origen, I will demonstrate that Christian scripture and the …
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Alexandria in the Shadow of the Hill Cumorah: A Comparative Historical Theology of the Early Christian and Mormon Doctrines of God
<p>This work is a comparative study of the theological and historical development of the early Christian (pre-Nicene) and Mormon doctrines of God. For the Christian tradition, I follow a detailed study of the apostolic period, followed by the apologetical period, and then conclude with the …