Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Alexandrian Society and Biblical Narrative
1. The Making of a Teacher: Bible Study and Philosophical
Education in an Urban Ascetic Community
2. House, Tent, Temple, Court: Seeking and Perfection in the
Psalms
3. Job the Gnostic: Courage and Despair in a Contemplative Hero
4. Image and Body: Moral Potential and Moral Failure in the
Commentary on Genesis
5. Propatheia: Biblical Narrative and the Translation of
Hellenistic Philosophy
6. Christian Paideia and Scholastic Origenism: The Circle of
Didymus in Alexandrian Context
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Didymus, the Blind, ca, 313-ca, 398, Bible Commentaries History and criticism, Christian ethics History Early church, ca, 30-600, Tura-Papyrus