PERSPECTIVES ON ORIGEN AND THE HISTORY OF HIS RECEPTION

Perspectives on Origen and the History of his 'Reception The present volume contains papers on Origen and the history of his reception which were presented at a series of workshops at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held at Oxford in August 2019. They provide multifarious insights into various aspects of Origen’s thought and his impact on different topics of theology, exegesis and philosophy from Late Antiquity to Early Modern Times. By connecting the Alexandrian’s legacy with recent developments in Patristics and Classics, they open up new perspectives for Origen scholarship in the new millenium. Research on Origen can be connected with studies, e.g., on rhetoric and power, on individuality and diversity, on gender and equality issues, on determinism and freedom and on questions of cultural transfer and transformation. The contributions to this volume can thus be taken as starting points for future studies on Origen within the broader context of contemporary research in science and the humanities. Alfons Fürst Perspectives on Origen – Quondam and Tomorrow. Stimuli for the Future of Origen Studies in the New Millenium . . . . . . 13 ROLE MODELS FOR HUMAN FREEDOM AND DIGNITY IN ORIGEN Anders-Christian Jacobsen Body and Freedom in Origen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Karla Pollmann Role Models and Soft Power in Origen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Monnica Klöckener The Samaritan Woman in Origen’s Commentary on John Seen from a Modern Perspective of Human Dignity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Sara Contini Judging the Judges: Exaltation and Humiliation in Origen’s Homilies on Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 PERSPECTIVES ON ORIGEN IN LATE ANTIQUITY Alfons Fürst Readings of Origen in Late Antiquity: Origen as Presented by Pamphilus, Athanasius and the Philocalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Pui Him Ip Origen against Origen? The Paradoxical Legacy of Origen in Athanasius’ Exegesis of Prov. 8:22 in Contra Arianos II . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Mark J. Edwards Origen, Didymus and Theodore on the Literal Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Stephen C. Carlson Rufinus’ Origenization of Eusebius in his Translation of the Historia ecclesiastica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Benjamin A. Edsall A Liturgical Update in Rufinus’ Translation of Origen’s Commentary on Romans? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Giovanni Hermanin de Reichenfeld God is the Spirit or the Spirit is God? Origen’s and Augustine’s Interpretations of John 4:24 and their Understanding of God’s Essence 173 Morten Kock Møller Secundum propositum hominis: Augustine’s Refutation of a Popular Interpretation of Rom. 8:28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Ilaria Scarponi In Defence of Freedom of Choice: The Liber de induratione cordis Pharaonis as a Case of Reception of Origen’s Biblical Exegesis . . . . . . . 215 PERSPECTIVES ON ORIGEN IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES Peter W. Martens Perplexa haereditas: Origen in the Western Middle Ages . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Lenka Karfíková Beatus Origenes, diligentissimus rerum inquisitor: “The Spiritual Body” and Other Origenian Themes in John Eriugena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Elena Rapetti Between History and Hagiography: Origen in French Jansenism . . . . 279 Marilyn A. Lewis Henry Hallywell (1641–1703): A Cambridge Origenist in Parochial Sussex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Elisa Bellucci Origen between Kabbalism and Divine Wisdom: The Role of the Alexandrian in the Work of Johann Wilhelm and Johanna Eleonora Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 CONCLUSION Theo Kobusch The Losable and the Unlosable: Origen’s Anthropological Achievement and its Impact throughout Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33