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Origen
Origen was a Christian theologian and scholar of Alexandria and one of the most productive writers of the early church. He taught in Alexandria and later at Caesarea in Palestine, compiled the Hexapla, a comparison of versions of the Old Testament, and wrote commentaries and the treatise On First Principles. He was tortured in the persecution of Decius and died a few years later.
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