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Homilies on the Psalms : Codex Monacensis Graecus 314 /
"In 2012 a previously unknown manuscript, containing 3rd-century writings, was discovered in a Munich library. Named Codex Monacensis Graecus 314, it contains 29 homilies in their original language, which is ancient Greek. Most of them had been previously unknown altogether, and a few had been...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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Washington, D.C. :
The Catholic University of America Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Fathers of the church ;
v. 141. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In 2012 a previously unknown manuscript, containing 3rd-century writings, was discovered in a Munich library. Named Codex Monacensis Graecus 314, it contains 29 homilies in their original language, which is ancient Greek. Most of them had been previously unknown altogether, and a few had been known only in a subsequent Latin translation. Their author is the 3rd-century Christian theologian Origen (native of Alexandria, Egypt; died in Caesarea, Palestine). This book is the first English translation of these Greek homilies. In the homilies Origen provides interpretations of Psalms (of the Bible) -- interpretations that employ concepts of classical Greek theology and a three-level method of biblical interpretation (literal, moral, allegorical). He addresses questions about the goal of the Christian life, the church, the incarnation of Christ, and human nature"-- |
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| Notas: | Translated from the original Greek into English. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 486 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780813233208 0813233208 |