The Language and Logic of the Bible
The Earlier Middle Ages
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- Author: G. R. Evans
- Date Published: November 1991
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This study looks at the assumptions within which students of the Bible in the West approached their reading, from Augustine to the end of the twelfth century, when new skills in grammar and logic made it possible to develop more refined critical methods and to apply fresh tools to the task.
Read more- Fascinating study exploring the structure and texture of Biblical language, which will be of interest to biblical students, theologians, church historians, and some students of literature
- The author is a very well-known and highly-respected scholar, who has published 5 very successful CUP books to date, including the critically-acclaimed Augustine on Evil
- The subject is of perennial interest, and the hardback has been well-reviewed (the SOTS Booklist called it 'fascinating reading'), the paperback should be similarly successful
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"The presuppositions, methods and habits of Latin writers of the eleventh and twelfth centuries learnedly examined and lucidly expounded, with a glance back to Augustine and Gregory...The interplay of philosophy and tradition with sacred text makes fascinating reading." Society for Old Testament Study Booklist
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- Date Published: November 1991
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521423939
- length: 220 pages
- dimensions: 214 x 139 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.29kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
List of ancient and mediaeval sources
Biographical notes
Introduction
Part I. The Background:
1. The monastic way
2. Bible study in the schools
3. A standard commentary: the Glossa Ordinaria
Part II. Lectio: Surface and Depths:
4. Words and things and numbers
5. The historical sense and history
6. Exegesis and the theory of signification
7. Transference of meaning
Part III. Disputatio:
8. Questions
9. Contradictory authorities
10. A new approach to resolving contradictions
Conclusion
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.
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