tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post7897627465159068659..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Postgraduate course on OrigenBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-31223529837169159542015-10-26T22:38:16.686-04:002015-10-26T22:38:16.686-04:00Thanks for these suggestions - much appreciated. I...Thanks for these suggestions - much appreciated. I'll post an update later once I've finalised plans for the course.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-38777739860794520052015-10-21T15:29:30.590-04:002015-10-21T15:29:30.590-04:00For lecture 12 I hope you will consider consulting...For lecture 12 I hope you will consider consulting Christoph Markschies's discussion of Origen and Gregory Thaumaturgus's Address of Thanksgiving in Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire (pp. 76-91). See http://germanforneutestamentler.com/markschieskctuii/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01141871155432837300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-5083566762099084662015-10-21T14:31:46.688-04:002015-10-21T14:31:46.688-04:00I took a course in patristics in grad school years...I took a course in patristics in grad school years ago.<br />We read selections from First Principles, but it was a dry and pedantic exercise. No doubt, your teaching would bring something of Origen's fire through to the students, but in my opinion Balthasar's framing is really excellent, especially for a first acquaintance with Origen.briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-27043640432048715902015-10-21T07:23:37.293-04:002015-10-21T07:23:37.293-04:00I'm currently taking a seminary course on the ...I'm currently taking a seminary course on the book of Joshua and we have wandered around with Origen a bit in the process. It might be good to look at how somebody like Origen deals with a book like Joshua, if only to discuss how he deals with particularly troublesome portions of Scripture. My professor is currently writing a commentary on Joshua and she has repeatedly noted how there is a trend to regain some of the theological exegesis of the Fathers in our approach to interpreting scripture, as it can be beyond modern exegetical method to comprehend.Ryan Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537331093672100697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-61625233432340473262015-10-21T06:33:49.659-04:002015-10-21T06:33:49.659-04:00Have you thought of interrupting the reading of th...Have you thought of interrupting the reading of the Commentary on John after book 5 (with <i>Exhortation to Martyrdom</i> and/or <i>On Prayer</i>) and then picking up again with book 6? While the chronology is not neat, it might help show the upheaval in Origen's life, and the way that it impels him to revisit his reasons for writing the commentary.<br /><br />I've been teaching Origen for the last few weeks in my undergrad classes, and I'm always pleasantly surprised to see how well the students receive him. One student declared to me last week, "I've always hated the church fathers!" After I had regained consciousness he added, "But Origen, he makes sense to me."Steve Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600219630505650612noreply@blogger.com