Introduction
1. Origen and his On First Principles
I. Origen in Alexandria
II. On First Principles
2. The Structure of On First Principles
I. The Two Cycles
II. The Division into Chapters
III. Theology and Economy
IV. The Apostolic and the Ecclesiastical
Preaching
V. Scripture, Book Four, and the Purpose of On First Principles
VI. Conclusion and the Context of On First Principles
3. Theology
I. An Eternal Creation?
II. The 'Foundation' of the World
4. Economy
I. Incarnation
II. The 'Pre-existence' and Incarnation of
Christ
5. 'In My End is My Beginning'
Translation
Origen, On First Principles
Manuscripts and Other Sources, Abbreviations and Sigla
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John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics and Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology at Vrije Universiteit. His previous publications include John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology (2019), Asceticism
and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000), The Case Against Diodore and Theodore: Texts and Their Contexts (2011), and Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (2013). He is also the co-editor of The Role of Life in Death: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and
Death (Wipf and Stock, 2015; with C. Cunningham).