Pedagogy of the Heart

Grammar, Philosophy, and the Christian Reader in Origen’s Greek Homilies on the Psalms

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Author:
John C. Solheid
This monograph presents a detailed and accessible analysis of the recently discovered Greek Homilies on the Psalms preached by Origen in the late 240’s CE. The author brings a discerning eye to the interplay of Hellenistic paideia and Origen’s exegetical and pedagogical aims of creating a Christian reading culture. In so doing, he also challenges the traditional dichotomy of school and church in the third century. The reader will discover Origen the teacher applying the critical tools of his time in order to cultivate the Christian reader in purity of heart.
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2025
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John C. Solheid, Ph.D. (2020) University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, is Sessional Lecturer at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology, St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto, Canada. He has published several peer-reviewed articles on Origen of Alexandria. His research explores the intersection of early Christian biblical interpretation and Hellenistic paideia.
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Introduction
 1 Topic and Thesis
 2 The Status Quaestionis
 3 Methodology
 4 Outline
 5 The Psalm Homilies in the Codex Monacensis Graecus 314

1 Origen of Caesarea: School and Church in Roman Palestine
 1 School and Church in Caesarea
 2 Conclusion

2 Inside the Liturgical Classroom
 1 Literacy in Early Christianity
 2 Literate Education in the Homilies on the Psalms
 3 Conclusion

3 The Bible and Philosophy in the Homilies on the Psalms
 1 Introduction
 2 The Philosophical Curriculum of the Homilies
 3 Conclusion

4 The Christian Reader in the Homilies on the Psalms
 1 The Heart
 2 Purity of Heart in the Homilies on the Psalms
 3 The Word in the City
 4 Conclusion

5 Reading and the Reader in Origen’s Caesarean School
 1 Grammatical Instruction
 2 Philosophical Instruction
 3 Modelling a Christian Reader
 4 Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index
This book is valuable for scholars and students studying Origen, early Christian biblical interpretation, and the interplay of Hellenistic paideia and early Christian formation.
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