On First Principles, by Origen (John Behr translation)

Title: On First Principles
Author: Origen
Translator: John Behr
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/origen-9780198845317?q=John%20Behr&lang=en&cc=us

This translation is evidently free of the biases of Origen's 6th century detractors who have suggested to translators through the modern era that Origen is responsible for certain heretical positions which no extant manuscript of his seem to possess (thus these translators have inserted these errors into their translations). John Behr's translation is faithful to the surviving transcriptions which are free of these mistakes, though they are later transcriptions than the sparse Greek texts.

Anyway, all of theology and biblical study is owed to Origen, so let's make him more accessible to readership.

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Beloved Amodeo

I have suggested the more definitive offering of this resource and leave a link below for you and others to check out.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/256154/on-first-principles-reader-039-s-edition

Beloved Amodeo

@Br Damien-Joseph OSB please read above and support if you agree. The work I refer to is translated and expanded by the same author as your entry. It will be made even more powerful by being rendered into Logos format at a cost I know, but I think it will be worth it.

Br Damien-Joseph OSB

This is great. I hope both are brought into Logos and produced. I still would like to see the one-volume translation I recommended, because seminary professors aren't (hopefully) going to require their students to buy the $340 edition. But for research purposes and those who can afford it, I hope the bigger edition is made available as well.

Beloved Amodeo

@Br Damien-Joseph OSB

I'm encouraged to find you well and in support of the expanded version of Behr. I think it a shame that this magisterial and fundamental work of Origen's does not appear in some form or other in Logos. Either or both as you say will bring a better understanding of the theology of early Christianity. From an academic point of view these are the only works worth consideration.

There are some works because of their importance that Logos should make available despite what appears to be a lack of base support. This work is a perfect example. I hope, like you, to see that day soon.