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And of issuesof interest to Jews during his era. It is misleading to look at only Israel, compiled between350 and 400, indicatesaccuratelythe Rabbinic thoseissuesin the Jewishworld of the late-secondand early-third centuries. l2 If *" ignorethis data,we overlookimportant in orderto understandtheJudaism(s)of that time. 15 evidenceregardingthe Jewish sphereof life in which Origen lived. We glimpseonly bis andpiecesof Judaism,takenftom hereand there,which add up to a distortedview of this imporAnt context.

And of issuesof interest to Jews during his era. It is misleading to look at only Israel, compiled between350 and 400, indicatesaccuratelythe Rabbinic thoseissuesin the Jewishworld of the late-secondand early-third centuries. l2 If *" ignorethis data,we overlookimportant in orderto understandtheJudaism(s)of that time. 15 evidenceregardingthe Jewish sphereof life in which Origen lived. We glimpseonly bis andpiecesof Judaism,takenftom hereand there,which add up to a distortedview of this imporAnt context.

Utrecht-Antwerp: Spectrum,1966),Vol. II, p. 57.. Herewe hopeto find subsantiveindicationsof Origen'sunderstandingfor the Judaicsystemconstructedat preciselythe sametime. But evena quick glanceshowsthat Pei Archon, in its structureand contents,bearsno resemblance to, or knowledgeof, formativeRabbinism. ntt49 implies a prima facie claim that the two sharenothing but their systematic FIRST E)POSITION (Parts1:1 - 2:3): natures! For the overall purpos of Peri - On the Natureof God, Christ, and Holy Spirit Archon--namely, exposition of God's relationship with the world, in - On RationalNatues particularthe myst€ryof the Trinity that pervadesall creationand revelation- - TheWorld andIs Creatures is as different from the aim of the Mishnaic systemas we might imagine.

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