Peter W. Martens is Assistant Professor for Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. Prior to arriving in St. Louis he taught at the University of Notre Dame and Yale Divinity School. He specializes in Origen and his legacy, and has wide-ranging interests in the history of biblical interpretation.

• Preface ; Introduction ; I: THE PHILOLOGIST ; 1. Mandate: The Interpreter's Education ; 2. Specialization: The Elements of Philology ; II: THE PHILOLOGIST AND CHRISTIANITY ; 3. Scholarship: Divine Provenance ; 4. Conversion: Sanctified Study ; 5. Boundaries (Part I): Interpretation Among the Heterodox ; 6. Boundaries (Part II): Interpretation in the New Israel ; 7. Conduct: Moral Inquiry ; 8. Message: Saving Knowledge ; 9. Horizons: The Beginning and End of the Drama of Salvation ; Epilogue ; Introduction ; PART 1: THE PHILOLOGIST ; 1. Mandate: The Interpreter's Education ; 2. Specialization: The Elements of Philology ; PART 2: THE PHILOLOGIST AND CHRISTIANITY ; 3. Scholarship: Divine Provenance ; 4. Conversion: Sanctified Study ; 5. Boundaries (Part I): Interpretation Among the Heterodox ; 6. Boundaries (Part II): Interpretation in the New Israel ; 7. Conduct: Moral Inquiry ; 8. Message: Saving Knowledge ; 9. Horizons: The Beginning and End of the Drama of Salvation ; Epilogue

Martens here demonstrates something of the integrative power of Origen's vision of the scriptural interpreter with remarkable economy and careful, extensive scholarship.

Peter W. Martens is Assistant Professor for Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. Prior to arriving in St. Louis he taught at the University of Notre Dame and Yale Divinity School. He specializes in Origen and his legacy, and has wide-ranging interests in the history of biblical interpretation.

• Preface ; Introduction ; I: THE PHILOLOGIST ; 1. Mandate: The Interpreter's Education ; 2. Specialization: The Elements of Philology ; II: THE PHILOLOGIST AND CHRISTIANITY ; 3. Scholarship: Divine Provenance ; 4. Conversion: Sanctified Study ; 5. Boundaries (Part I): Interpretation Among the Heterodox ; 6. Boundaries (Part II): Interpretation in the New Israel ; 7. Conduct: Moral Inquiry ; 8. Message: Saving Knowledge ; 9. Horizons: The Beginning and End of the Drama of Salvation ; Epilogue ; Introduction ; PART 1: THE PHILOLOGIST ; 1. Mandate: The Interpreter's Education ; 2. Specialization: The Elements of Philology ; PART 2: THE PHILOLOGIST AND CHRISTIANITY ; 3. Scholarship: Divine Provenance ; 4. Conversion: Sanctified Study ; 5. Boundaries (Part I): Interpretation Among the Heterodox ; 6. Boundaries (Part II): Interpretation in the New Israel ; 7. Conduct: Moral Inquiry ; 8. Message: Saving Knowledge ; 9. Horizons: The Beginning and End of the Drama of Salvation ; Epilogue

Martens here demonstrates something of the integrative power of Origen's vision of the scriptural interpreter with remarkable economy and careful, extensive scholarship.

Peter W. Martens is Assistant Professor for Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. Prior to arriving in St. Louis he taught at the University of Notre Dame and Yale Divinity School. He specializes in Origen and his legacy, and has wide-ranging interests in the history of biblical interpretation.

• Preface ; Introduction ; I: THE PHILOLOGIST ; 1. Mandate: The Interpreter's Education ; 2. Specialization: The Elements of Philology ; II: THE PHILOLOGIST AND CHRISTIANITY ; 3. Scholarship: Divine Provenance ; 4. Conversion: Sanctified Study ; 5. Boundaries (Part I): Interpretation Among the Heterodox ; 6. Boundaries (Part II): Interpretation in the New Israel ; 7. Conduct: Moral Inquiry ; 8. Message: Saving Knowledge ; 9. Horizons: The Beginning and End of the Drama of Salvation ; Epilogue ; Introduction ; PART 1: THE PHILOLOGIST ; 1. Mandate: The Interpreter's Education ; 2. Specialization: The Elements of Philology ; PART 2: THE PHILOLOGIST AND CHRISTIANITY ; 3. Scholarship: Divine Provenance ; 4. Conversion: Sanctified Study ; 5. Boundaries (Part I): Interpretation Among the Heterodox ; 6. Boundaries (Part II): Interpretation in the New Israel ; 7. Conduct: Moral Inquiry ; 8. Message: Saving Knowledge ; 9. Horizons: The Beginning and End of the Drama of Salvation ; Epilogue

Martens here demonstrates something of the integrative power of Origen's vision of the scriptural interpreter with remarkable economy and careful, extensive scholarship.