Homilies on Numbers

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Homilies on Numbers is an early Christian series of sermons by Origen offering allegorical and theological interpretations of the biblical Book of Numbers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian homiletic work
biblical commentary
patristic work
allegoricallyInterprets Israel’s journey as the soul’s ascent to God
Promised Land as spiritual perfection
battles of Israel as inner spiritual warfare
laws of purity as moral purification
priests and Levites as spiritual leaders and faculties of the soul
wilderness as spiritual testing
associatedWith Alexandria NERFINISHED
author Origen NERFINISHED
biblicalCorpusInterpreted Old Testament NERFINISHED
category Commentaries on the Old Testament
Early Christian sermons
Works by Origen
emphasizes Christological reading of the Old Testament
ascetic discipline
moral exhortation
progress in virtue
focusesOn Israelite wilderness wanderings
Levitical priesthood
figures of Moses and Aaron
journey of Israel from Sinai to the Promised Land
murmuring and trials of Israel
ritual purity
sacrificial laws
genre Christian biblical commentary
influenced Latin Christian theology
later patristic exegesis
influencedBy Middle Platonism NERFINISHED
Philo of Alexandria NERFINISHED
interpretiveMethod allegorical exegesis
spiritual exegesis
theological interpretation
language Greek
literaryForm homily
sermon
preservationStatus partially preserved
religiousTradition Christianity
subject Book of Numbers NERFINISHED
theologicalTradition Alexandrian theology
timePeriod early 3rd century
tradition Patristics
transmission Latin translation tradition
usedIn early Christian preaching
monastic spiritual formation

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