The "Belly-Myther" of Endor interpretations of 1 Kingdoms 28 in the early church / [electronic resource] : translated with an introduction and notes by Rowan A. Greer and Margaret M. Mitchell. - Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, c2006. - clvii, 189 p. - Society of Biblical Literature writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 16 . - Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 16. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index.

Ome observations on the texts translated : theological perspectives -- Patristic rhetoric on allegory : Origen and Eustathius put 1 Samuel 28 on trial -- Compositional analyses -- A. Origen, de Engastrimytho (hom. 5 in Sam.) -- B. Eustathius of Antioch, de Engastrimytho contra Origenem -- Texts and translations -- Justin Martyr, dialogue with trypho -- Tertullian, on the soul 54-58 : the soul's fate after death -- The martyrdom of Pionius 12-14 -- Origen, homily on 1 Kingdoms 28 -- Eustathius of Antioch, on the belly-myther of Endor, against Origen -- Apollinaris of Laodicea, a fragment from the Catenae -- Diodore of Tarsus, a fragment from the Catenae -- The letter of Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, concerning the belly-myther, to Bishop Theodosius.


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Bible.--O.T.--Samuel, 1st, XXVIII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--O.T.--Samuel, 1st, XXVIII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.


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