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Reviews REVIEWS Origen, Prayer - Exhortation to Martyrdom, translated and anno- tated by John J. O'Meara. Ancient Christian Writers, vol. XIX. Westminster, Maryland, The Newman Press. London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1954. 25/-. O'Meara has already published St. Augustine's Against the Academics which is one of the best volumes in this well-known series. The 19th volume is by the same translator, and it maintains the same high standard. The introduction, on the life and work of Origen, is brief but competent and it gives all the necessary information. Here and in the notes one admires the didactic qualities of the commentator. He has succeeded in writing this book both for scholars and for a wider public. A detailed argumentation cannot be expected and full references to ancient and modern literature would have required a much larger volume. On the other hand, the notes provide the reader with all the explanation necessary for a right under- standing of Origen's theology which in many respects is quite different from what can reasonably be familiar to a modern non-specialist. (For instance, the notes on the daemons, on the persecutions, on nalggqcria, on Fortuna, on the blood baptism of the martyrs). Time and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

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Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 11 (1): 51 – Jan 1, 1957

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Brill
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© 1957 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0042-6032
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1570-0720
DOI
10.1163/157007257X00051
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REVIEWS Origen, Prayer - Exhortation to Martyrdom, translated and anno- tated by John J. O'Meara. Ancient Christian Writers, vol. XIX. Westminster, Maryland, The Newman Press. London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1954. 25/-. O'Meara has already published St. Augustine's Against the Academics which is one of the best volumes in this well-known series. The 19th volume is by the same translator, and it maintains the same high standard. The introduction, on the life and work of Origen, is brief but competent and it gives all the necessary information. Here and in the notes one admires the didactic qualities of the commentator. He has succeeded in writing this book both for scholars and for a wider public. A detailed argumentation cannot be expected and full references to ancient and modern literature would have required a much larger volume. On the other hand, the notes provide the reader with all the explanation necessary for a right under- standing of Origen's theology which in many respects is quite different from what can reasonably be familiar to a modern non-specialist. (For instance, the notes on the daemons, on the persecutions, on nalggqcria, on Fortuna, on the blood baptism of the martyrs). Time and

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Published: Jan 1, 1957

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