Early Medieval Exegesis in the Latin West Sources and Forms |
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Author:
| O'Loughlin, Thomas |
Series title: | Variorum Collected Studies |
ISBN: | 978-1-4094-6818-9 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $190.00 |
Book Description:
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This collection of fifteen articles, concentrating on the early Latin Middle Ages, explores the variety of medieval exegesis and highlights just how patchy has been our understanding of it. One of the significant developments in recent scholarship was the awareness among historians of ideas, historians of theology, and medievalists of the importance of the Christian scriptures in the Latin Middle Ages. Indeed, to understand the period one must understand the value they placed upon the...
More DescriptionThis collection of fifteen articles, concentrating on the early Latin Middle Ages, explores the variety of medieval exegesis and highlights just how patchy has been our understanding of it. One of the significant developments in recent scholarship was the awareness among historians of ideas, historians of theology, and medievalists of the importance of the Christian scriptures in the Latin Middle Ages. Indeed, to understand the period one must understand the value they placed upon the Bible, how they related to it, and how they studied it. As these papers show, how the Scriptures were used in different pursuits (formal theology or history) varied greatly, and exegesis differed over time and with cultures.