Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184).
Some observations on the texts translated : theological perspectives -- Patristic rhetoric on allegory : Origen and Eustathius put 1 Kingdoms 28 on trial -- Compositional analyses -- A. Origen, Homily 5 on 1 Kingdoms -- B. Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch, On the belly-myther, Against Origen -- Texts and translations -- Justin Martyr, Dialogue with trypho 105 -- Tertullian, On the soul 54-58 -- The martyrdom of Pionius 12-14 -- Origen, Homily 5 on 1 Kingdoms -- Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch, On the belly-myther, Against Origen -- Apollinaris of Laodicea, a fragment from the Catenae -- Diodore of Tarsus, a fragment from the Catenae -- Gregory of Nyssa, Letter to Theodosius concerning the belly-myther.
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