Origen’s biblical commentaries

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Christian exegetical work biblical commentary corpus patristic literature theological work

Origen’s biblical commentaries are extensive early Christian exegetical works that apply allegorical and theological interpretation to various books of Scripture, profoundly influencing later biblical scholarship and theology.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Homilies on Jeremiah (Origen)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian exegetical work ⓘ biblical commentary corpus ⓘ patristic literature ⓘ theological work ⓘ
aimsTo	defend Christian doctrine ⓘ unite philosophy and biblical revelation ⓘ
associatedWithSchool	Alexandrian school NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Origen of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme	Christological interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
commentaryOn	1 Corinthians ⓘ Ezekiel NERFINISHED ⓘ Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamentations NERFINISHED ⓘ Psalms NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ Song of Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateFrom	3rd century ⓘ
exegeticalMethod	allegorical interpretation ⓘ philological analysis ⓘ spiritual interpretation ⓘ theological interpretation ⓘ typological interpretation ⓘ
focusesOn	New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	commentary ⓘ
influenced	Alexandrian school of exegesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambrose of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ Basil of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ later Christian exegesis ⓘ medieval biblical scholarship ⓘ medieval monastic exegesis ⓘ patristic theology ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesarea Maritima NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationStatus	partially extant ⓘ partly known through Latin translations ⓘ partly known through later quotations ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
subjectMatter	Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	early Christian theology ⓘ
usesConcept	literal sense of Scripture ⓘ moral sense of Scripture ⓘ spiritual sense of Scripture ⓘ threefold sense of Scripture ⓘ

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Commentary on Matthew → partOf → Origen’s biblical commentaries ⓘ

GospelOfHebrews → quotedInWork → Origen’s biblical commentaries ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homilies on Jeremiah (Origen)