Isaiah 6:1–3 and Angelomorphic Christology. An Approach to Understand Origen’s Isaiah Exegesis

Antti Laato

Åbo Akademi University , Finlandia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0823-009X


Abstrakt

This article deals with Origen’s interpretation of Isaiah’s vision in Isa 6. Origen refers to his Hebrew Master’s statement in Orig. Princ. 1.3.4 where two Seraphim are identified with Christ and the Holy Spirit. The main scope in the article is to put the Hebrew Master’s opinion in balance with Origen’s own Christology. The problem is approached from the method of biblical argumentation by using ancien reception historical ways to understand scripture. The Hebrew Master’s statement is related to three important themes: First, the angelomorphic theophanies in the Old Testament provide a general background for the idea that Christ (and the Holy Spirit) can be identified with Seraphim. Second, Origen relates Isaiah’s Seraphim to Cherubim in the Ark of Covenant and use Hab 3:2 to illustrate his Christology. Third, the Christology of the Ascension of Isaiah provides a good parallel to understand the Hebrew Master’s statement about Seraphim. The main result in the article is that Origen’s own Christology is well balanced with the statement of the Hebrew Master. Origen’s teachings about Christ can be characterized as high and subordinate Christology, and its roots are in early Jewish-Christian circles.

Słowa kluczowe:

angelomorphic Christology, Ascension of Isaiah, Cherubim, Hebrew Master, Isaiah, Origen, Seraphim, subordinationism

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Laato, A. (2024). Isaiah 6:1–3 and Angelomorphic Christology. An Approach to Understand Origen’s Isaiah Exegesis. Verbum Vitae, 42(2), 401–429. https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.17098

Antti Laato  antti.laato@abo.fi
Åbo Akademi University

Antti Laato - Doctor of Theology (Old Testament exegetics including Semitic studies: Aramaic and Arabic) Åbo Akademi University 1988 and Master of Art (Master thesis on stocastic cryptosystems). University of Turku 1986.

He is currently working as Professor in Old Testament exegetics with Jewish Studies at Åbo Akademi University, Turku Finland. His three most important current publications in reception history of the Bible are:

1) Jesajan taivaaseen astuminen ja hänen marttyyrikuolemansa. Käännös muinaisetiopian kielestä, johdanto ja kommentaari [Ascension of Isaiah and His Martyrdom. Translation from the ancient Ethiopian Ge’ez into Finnish with Introduction and Commentary]. Studia Patristica Fennica, SPF; Helsinki: Suomen patristinen seura, 2024.

2) Message and Composition of the Book of Isaiah: An Interpretation in the Light of Jewish Reception History. DCLS 46; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110761818

3) Nooa juutalaisessa tulkintatraditiossa ja sen vaikutus varhaiseen kristilliseen tulkintaan [Noah in Jewish Reception History and Its Influence on Early Christian Interpretation]. Studia Patristica Fennica, SPF 13; Helsinki: Suomen patristinen seura, 2021. https://www.suomenpatristinenseura.fi/spf13/

Professor Laato’s field of interests include early Jewish and Christian reception history of the Bible. He is currently the leader of the research project “Isaiah in the Judeo-Christian Border Lines” which has received financial support from the Academy of Finland and Polin Institute for the years 2022-2026. This project has a close co-operation with the Beyond Canon project under the leadership of Professor Tobias Nicklas.

Professor Laato established the international network Study for the Reception History of the Bible in 2006. The Network publishes the series Studies in the Reception History of the Bible (Volumes 1-11 have been published) which are distributed by Eisenbrauns and Pennsylvania State University Press. Laato is the editor in chief of this series as well as of the series Studies on the Children of the Bible (Leiden: Brill).

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