Origen was one of the most influential pre-Nicene church fathers, whose exegetical method shaped much of subsequent interpretation of the Old Testament. Some of his theological speculations were condemned in the 6th cenutry, but his influence as a Christian scholar and Old Testament exegete remain undiminished. This book offers a fresh, contemporary translation of Origen's 28 homilies on the book of Numbers.

Table of Contents

• General Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Translator's Introduction
• Origen's Homilies on Numbers
• Rufinus's Preface
• Homily 1 Numbers 1:1-54
• Homily 2 Numbers 2:1-34
• Homily 3 Numbers 3:5-39
• Homily 4 Numbers 3:39-4.49
• Homily 5 Numbers 4:1-49
• Homily 6 Numbers 11:16-25; 12:1-5
• Homily 7 Numbers 12:1-15; 13:18-33) 14:1-8
• Homily 8 Numbers 13:18-33) 14:1-38
• Homily 9 Numbers 17:1-28 (Heb, lxx) = 16:36-17:13 (rsv)
• Homily 10 Numbers 18:1-7
• Homily 11 Numbers 18:8-32
• Homily 12 Numbers 21:16-23
• Homily 13 Numbers 21.24-35; 22:1-14
• Homily 14 Numbers 22:15-28
• Homily 15 Numbers 22:31-41; 23:1-10
• Homily 16 Numbers 23:11-24
• Homily 17 Numbers 23:25-30; 24:1-9
• Homily 18 Numbers 24:10-19
• Homily 19 Numbers 24:20-24
• Homily 20 Numbers 25:1-10
• Homily 21 Numbers 26
• Homily 22 Numbers 27:1-23
• Homily 23 Numbers 28:1-29:39
• Homily 24 Numbers 28-30
• Homily 25 Numbers 31:1-54
• Homily 26 Numbers 31-32
• Homily 27 Numbers 33:1-49
• Homily 28 Numbers 34-35