Symbolic Drama of Passage - Envisioning Scriptural Interpretation as a Symbolic Act with Origen of Alexandria
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| Verlag | Brill Schöningh |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 148 |
| Format | 16,0 x 2,0 x 24,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 403 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Patristic Studies in Global Perspective 3 |
| ISBN-10 | 350679342X |
| EAN | 9783506793423 |
| Bestell-Nr | 50679342A |
Origen envisioned scriptural interpretation as a symbolic drama of passage with the Logos-Christ, reuniting what is originally one. During the first three centuries C.E., s mibeta ni (symbol) became a prominent term along with ni Gammami (enigma) and Gamma (allegory) in forming a cosmic formula popular across the Mediterrnean world: symbol encodes the divine mystery in enigmatic forms and allegory decodes them. Having considered Scripture as full of divine symbols, Origen envisioned and practiced allegorical interpretation of Scritpure as a symbolic act of bringing, comparing, and matching its letters under the divine paideia of the Logos-Christ. In seeking three levels of scriptural meaning, Origen construed the cosmos as a tripartite reality and defined the essence of Christianity as a symbolic drama of passage. For Origen, the main actor of this drama is the Logos-Christ in the divine action of gradually leading his bride (i.e., the church) from the visible reality through the invisible reality to the divine reality.
