Homilies on Numbers

by Origen and Thomas P. Scheck

Origen of Alexandria (185-254), one of the most prolific authors of antiquity and arguably the most important and influential pre-Nicene Christian theologian, was a man of deep learning and holiness of life. Regrettably, many of his works are no longer extant, in part due to the condemnation of his ideas by the Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553. The condemnation, however, took little account of his historical circumstances and the tentative nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830829059
• ISBN13: 9780830829057
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.1"