Origen

A detailed survey of the life and thought of Origen (c.185-254 A.D.), the most important Greek-speaking Christian theologian and Biblical scholar in antiquity. Heine considers how the two urban centers of Alexandria in Egypt and Caesarea in Palestine, and their communities of faith, had a discernable impact on Origen's intellectual work.

Behr's introduction and translation are a hearty welcome to Patristic scholars and students. The structure, layout, and readable translation will serve scholarship in many ways.

This book is a significant contribution to scholarship on Origen by one of the world's foremost Origen scholars... In reclaiming Origen's ecclesial setting, this book is important not only to scholars interested in Origen but also to theology more broadly, locating the first ever 'systematic' theologian in ecclesial settings and demonstrating the centrality of biblical exegesis to Origen's thought.