Saturday, 11 April 2015

Frances Young: Riddles and puzzles: God's indirect Word in patristic hermeneutics

This short communication will (1) explore the treatment of certain texts and types found embarassing or mysterious by early Christian exegetes, and (2) will consider the Quaestiones tradition and the kind of questions posed to the biblical texts. These examples of 'riddles and puzzles' will stimulate reconsideration of their purpose within scriptural revelation as perceived by Origen in De Principiis and Augustine in De Doctrina.

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