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Author Satran, David, author.

Title In the image of Origen : eros, virtue, and constraint in the early Christian academy / David Satran.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Transformation of the classical heritage ; LVIII
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 58.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Providence, eros and constraint -- Dialectic and the training of the mind -- Moral formation and the path to scripture -- Paradise and the cave -- Paideia, loss and prospect -- Appendix : the Thanksgiving Address to Origen.
Summary "The most prominent Christian theologian and exegete of the third century, Origen was also an influential teacher. In the famed Thanksgiving Address, one of his students--often thought to be Gregory Thaumaturgus, later bishop of Cappadocia--delivered an emotionally charged account of his tutelage in Roman Palestine. Although it is one of the few "personal" accounts by a Christian author to have survived from the period, the Address is more often cited than read closely. But as David Satran demonstrates, this short work has much to teach us today. At its center stands the question of moral character, anchored by the image of Origen himself, and David Satran's careful analysis of the text sheds new light on higher education in the early Church as well as the intimate relationship between master and disciple"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Origen -- Influence.
Origen.
Gregory, Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270.
Gregory, Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270.
Christian education -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
RELIGION -- Ancient.
Christian education -- Early church.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Chronological Term 30-600
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Satran, David. In the image of Origen. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520291232 (DLC) 2017038791
ISBN 9780520965089 (electronic book)
0520965086 (electronic book)
9780520291232 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)