Sharing an experience: About the methods and paradigms of translation of the Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John

Resumo

All of us who work in the world of Late Antiquity in general and in Patristic Studies in particular know that translations are not simply the most exact possible translit- eration of a Greek or Latin word into Spanish. On the contrary, every translation hides a secret that can only be noticed when one has the opportunity to experience the fascinating and terrible challenge of such a task. This challenge consists of the audacity to let the titans of thought speak, such as Irenaeus, Origen, Augustine, etc. In this article, I will summarize the methods and paradigms through which I made the first translation into Spanish of the Commentary on the Gospel of John of Origen. I will always write in the first person, as I consider it my duty to commit myself to the criteria I chose, to allow the voice of the great Origen to be expressed. The criteria for translation that I will make explicit are the following: Research methods, The paradigm of relationality, The paradigm of biblical-philosophical continuity: The doctrine of the epinoias, The doctrine of pre-existence, The doctrine of apocatastasis, The divinization of Logos gifted beings.