Origen and the Story of the Mother and Her Seven Sons: Reimagining Third-Century Caesarean Horizons

This article employs Galit Hasan-Rokem’s notions of vertical and horizontal axes of transmission for the study of biblical reception history, presenting the reception of the story of the mother and her seven sons in Origen’s writings as a case study. I suggest that Hasan-Rokem’s vertical axis of int...

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Autor principal:	Rafael Anna-Liisa
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	biblical reception eusebius maccabees martyrdom miraculous birth mother and her seven sons motherhood origen origen’s childhood origen’s exhortation to martyrdom Religion (General) BL1-50
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b6de6e5e147d4d6f95c451365c3212562021-12-05T14:11:01ZOrigen and the Story of the Mother and Her Seven Sons: Reimagining Third-Century Caesarean Horizons2300-657910.1515/opth-2020-0180https://doaj.org/article/b6de6e5e147d4d6f95c451365c3212562021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0180https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6579This article employs Galit Hasan-Rokem’s notions of vertical and horizontal axes of transmission for the study of biblical reception history, presenting the reception of the story of the mother and her seven sons in Origen’s writings as a case study. I suggest that Hasan-Rokem’s vertical axis of intergenerational transmission corresponds to reception history: it also involves us and thus demands our critical awareness. The horizontal axis of intergroup transmission, then, calls for our sensitivity toward the diverse interpersonal and intercultural exchanges that reception history presents less frequently as authoritative or even manifest. My analysis scrutinizes Origen’s pronouncedly bookish relation to the story of the mother and her seven sons, and I provide a reading of this relation as entailing both (inter)personal and intercultural encounters. I use both Eusebius’ biography of Origen and recent studies on late antique rabbinic discourse as means by which to broaden our perspective on Origen’s horizon of expectation. In conclusion, I suggest that Origen’s portrayal of the mother indicates some ambivalence toward this figure: her words of wisdom have undisputed authority over Origen, while her embodied wisdom makes him reserved. Thus, the reception of the story of the mother and her seven sons in Origen’s writings could strengthen the prospect that the story was a living reality for Origen as well as for others in third-century Palestine.Rafael Anna-LiisaDe Gruyterarticlebiblical receptioneusebiusmaccabeesmartyrdommiraculous birthmother and her seven sonsmotherhoodorigenorigen’s childhoodorigen’s exhortation to martyrdom Religion (General)BL1-50ENOpen Theology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 555-573 (2021)
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description	This article employs Galit Hasan-Rokem’s notions of vertical and horizontal axes of transmission for the study of biblical reception history, presenting the reception of the story of the mother and her seven sons in Origen’s writings as a case study. I suggest that Hasan-Rokem’s vertical axis of intergenerational transmission corresponds to reception history: it also involves us and thus demands our critical awareness. The horizontal axis of intergroup transmission, then, calls for our sensitivity toward the diverse interpersonal and intercultural exchanges that reception history presents less frequently as authoritative or even manifest. My analysis scrutinizes Origen’s pronouncedly bookish relation to the story of the mother and her seven sons, and I provide a reading of this relation as entailing both (inter)personal and intercultural encounters. I use both Eusebius’ biography of Origen and recent studies on late antique rabbinic discourse as means by which to broaden our perspective on Origen’s horizon of expectation. In conclusion, I suggest that Origen’s portrayal of the mother indicates some ambivalence toward this figure: her words of wisdom have undisputed authority over Origen, while her embodied wisdom makes him reserved. Thus, the reception of the story of the mother and her seven sons in Origen’s writings could strengthen the prospect that the story was a living reality for Origen as well as for others in third-century Palestine.
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title	Origen and the Story of the Mother and Her Seven Sons: Reimagining Third-Century Caesarean Horizons
title_short	Origen and the Story of the Mother and Her Seven Sons: Reimagining Third-Century Caesarean Horizons
title_full	Origen and the Story of the Mother and Her Seven Sons: Reimagining Third-Century Caesarean Horizons
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Origen and the Story of the Mother and Her Seven Sons: Reimagining Third-Century Caesarean Horizons

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