Table of Contents

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'
Text and Translation
Origen, On First Principles
Manuscripts and Other Sources, Abbreviations and Sigla
1: Rufinus' Translation
I: Manuscripts
II: Insalest Witnesses
III: Editiocs
2: The Philocalia
I: Manuscripts
II: Editions
3: Abbreviations and Sigla
Rufinus' Preface
Preface
Part I: Theology
I: The Apostolic Preaching
II: The Church's Preaching
Part II: Economy
I: The Apostolic Praching
II: The Church's Preaching
Part III: The Inspired Scripture
Recapitulation
Appendix I Chapter Titles in the Latin Manuscripts
Appendix II Koetschau's Fragments
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors Cited

About the Author

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).

Reviews

Behr's translation is literal without being wooden or cumbersome. In keeping with the original languages, some sentences are long, but they are readable. Some detailed footnotes remain to guide readers.
*Christopher A. Stephenson, Religious Studies Review*