Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans Books 6-10

359 Pages·2002·1.47 MB·English

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ORIGEN
COMMENTARY ON THE
EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS
BOOKS 6–10
Translated by
THOMAS P. SCHECK
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Washington, D.C.
Copyright © 2002
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Origen.
[Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. Book 6–10.
English]
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. Books 6–10/
Origen ; translated by Thomas P. Scheck.
p. cm. — (The fathers of the church ; v. 104)
Translated from Rufinus’ Latin translation of the original
Greek.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
isbn 0-8132-0104-7(alk. paper)
1. Bible. N.T. Romans—Commentaries—Early works to 1800.
I. Scheck, Thomas P., 1964– .. . II. Title. . III. Series.
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Select Bibliography ix
Prefatory Note on the Printed Editions xv
commentary on the epistle
to the romans
Book 6 1
Book 7 60
Book 8 132
Book 9 191
Book 10 254
Epilogue of Rufinus 311
indices
General Index 317
Index of Holy Scripture 328
Index of Origen’s Works 339

ABBREVIATIONS
General
ACW Ancient Christian Writers. New York: Newman Press, 1946– .
AGLB Vetus Latina: Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel. Aus der Geschichte
der Lateinischen Bibel. Freiburg: Herder, 1957.
ANF Ante Nicene Fathers. 1890. Reprint, Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Erdmanns, 1994.
BAGD A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early
Christian Literature. 5th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1979.
CCL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina. Turnhout: Brepols,
1954– .
ChH Church History. Chicago: American Society of Church History,
1932– .
CWE Collected Works of Erasmus. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1974– .
DCB A Dictionary of Christian Biography. Ed. W. Smith and H. Wace.
London: J. Murray, 1887.
FC Fontes Christiani. Freiburg: Heider, 1991– .
FOTC The Fathers of the Church. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic
University of America Press, 1947– .
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei
Jahrhunderte. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1897–1949. Berlin:
Akademie-Verlag, 1953– .
JThS Journal of Theological Studies. London, 1899– .
LCC The Library of Christian Classics. Philadelphia: Westminster
Press, 1953–66.
LCL Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press. London: W. Heinemann, 1899– .
L&S A Latin Dictionary.Ed. C. T. Lewis and C. Short. 1879.
Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.
LXX Septuagint.
MT Masoretic Text.
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viii ABBREVIATIONS
NPNF A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the
Christian Church. 1890. Reprint, Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Erdmanns, 1994.
NRSV Bible: New Revised Standard Version.
PG Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Graeca. Ed. J.-P. Migne.
Paris, 1857–66.
PL Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina. Ed. J.-P. Migne.
Paris, 1878–90.
SP Studia Patristica.
SPCK Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Ed G. Kittel. Grand
Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1964–76.
TS Theological Studies. Baltimore, 1940– .
TU Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der
altchristlicher Literatur. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1882–1949;
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1953– .
VC Vigiliae Christianae. Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub. Co.,
1947– .
Vulg. Latin Vulgate.
ZThK Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche. Tübingen, 1891– .
Works of Origen
Comm in Cant Commentary on Song of Songs
Comm in Jn Commentary on John
Comm in Ps Books on the Psalms
Orat De Oratione= Treatise on Prayer
Aside from those noted above, abbreviations of patristic texts follow
G. W. H. Lampe, ed. A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford Universi-
ty Press, 1961.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Texts and Translations
Balthasar, H. Urs von, ed. Origen: Spirit and Fire. A Thematic Anthology of
His Writings. Trans. Robert J. Daly. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic
University of America Press, 1984; reprint 2001.
Bray, G., trans. and ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. New
Testament VI: Romans. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity, 1998.
Origen. Philocalia. Trans. G. Lewis. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1911.
Origene. Commento alla Lettera ai Romani. Trans. F. Coccini. 2 vols.
Casale Monferrato, 1985–86.
Origenes. Commentarii in epistulam ad Romanos/Römerbriefkommentar. Ed.
and trans. Theresia Heither. 5vols. FC 2(1–5). Freiburg im Breis-
gau: Herder, 1990–96.
——. Der Römerbriefkommentar des Origenes: Kritische Ausgabe der Überset-
zung Rufins. Buch 1–3. Ed. C. P. Hammond Bammel. AGLB16. Frei-
burg im Breisgau: Herder, 1990.
——. Der Römerbriefkommentar des Origenes: Kritische Ausgabe der Überset-
zung Rufins. Buch 4–6. Ed. C. P. Hammond Bammel. Zum Druck
vorbereitet und gesetzt von H. J. Frede und H. Stanjek. AGLB 33.
Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1997.
——. Der Römerbriefkommentar des Origenes: Kritische Ausgabe der Überset-
zung Rufins. Buch 7–10. Ed. C. P. Hammond Bammel. Aus dem
Nachlaß herausgegeben von H. J. Frede and H. Stanjek. AGLB34.
Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1998.
Ramsbotham, A. “Documents: The Commentary of Origen on the
Epistle to the Romans.” JThS13(1912): 209–24, 357–68; JThS14
(1913): 10–22.
Robinson, J. A., ed. The Philocalia. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1893.
Scherer, J., ed. Le Commentaire d’ Origène sur Rom. III.5–V.7, d’après les ex-
traits du Papyrus n 88748du Musée du Caire et les fragments de la Philo-
calie et du Vaticanus graecus 762. Essai de reconstitution du texte et de la
pensée des tomes V et VI du ‘Commentaire sur l’Épître aux Romains.’ Bib-
liothèque d’Étude 27. Cairo: Institut français d’Archéologie orien-
tale, 1957.
Tollinton, R. B., trans. Selections from the Commentaries and Homilies of
Origen. London: SPCK, 1929.
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