The Bible In The Early Middle Ages

Author : Jinty Nelson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474245730
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Bible in the Middle Ages written by Jinty Nelson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For earlier medieval Christians, the Bible was the book of guidance above all others, and the route to religious knowledge, used for all kinds of practical purposes, from divination to models of government in kingdom or household. This book's focus is on how medieval people accessed Scripture by reading, but also by hearing and memorizing sound-bites from the liturgy, chants and hymns, or sermons explicating Scripture in various vernaculars. Time, place and social class determined access to these varied forms of Scripture. Throughout the earlier medieval period, the Psalms attracted most readers and searchers for meanings. This book's contributors probe readers' motivations, intellectual resources and religious concerns. They ask for whom the readers wrote, where they expected their readers to be located and in what institutional, social and political environments they belonged; why writers chose to write about, or draw on, certain parts of the Bible rather than others, and what real-life contexts or conjunctures inspired them; why the Old Testament so often loomed so large, and how its law-books, its histories, its prophetic books and its poetry were made intelligible to readers, hearers and memorizers. This book's contributors, in raising so many questions, do justice to both uniqueness and diversity.

Author : Susan Boynton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231148275
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages written by Susan Boynton and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, specialists in literature, theology, liturgy, manuscript studies, and history introduce the medieval culture of the Bible in Western Christianity. Emphasizing the living quality of the text and the unique literary traditions that arose from it, they show the many ways in which the Bible was read, performed, recorded, and interpreted by various groups in medieval Europe. An initial orientation introduces the origins, components, and organization of medieval Bibles. Subsequent chapters address the use of the Bible in teaching and preaching, the production and purpose of Biblical manuscripts in religious life, early vernacular versions of the Bible, its influence on medieval historical accounts, the relationship between the Bible and monasticism, and instances of privileged and practical use, as well as the various forms the text took in different parts of Europe. The dedicated merging of disciplines, both within each chapter and overall in the book, enable readers to encounter the Bible in much the same way as it was once experienced: on multiple levels and registers, through different lenses and screens, and always personally and intimately.

Author : Robert E. McNally
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 159752283X
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bible in the Early Middle Ages written by Robert E. McNally and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first part of this intriguing study, McNally treats the complex social, intellectual, and theological factors that affected biblical interpretation in the early medieval period. In the second part he provides a classified bibliography of commentaries from the period.

Author : John Williams
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271017686
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imaging the Early Medieval Bible written by John Williams and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique exploration of the beginnings of biblical illustration and decoration.

Author : Claus Michael Kauffmann
Publisher : Harvey Miller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biblical Imagery in Medieval England, 700-1550 written by Claus Michael Kauffmann and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2003 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using examples of manuscripts, medieval art, sculpture, wall-painting, metal work and stained glass, the author explores the use of Biblical imagery in art during the medieval period in England.

Author : Ian Christopher Levy
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493413015
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation written by Ian Christopher Levy and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory guide, written by a leading expert in medieval theology and church history, offers a thorough overview of medieval biblical interpretation. After an opening chapter sketching the necessary background in patristic exegesis (especially the hermeneutical teaching of Augustine), the book progresses through the Middle Ages from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, examining all the major movements, developments, and historical figures of the period. Rich in primary text engagement and comprehensive in scope, it is the only current, compact introduction to the whole range of medieval exegesis.

Author : Beryl Smalley
Publisher : Acls History E-Book Project
ISBN 13 : 9781597401319
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages written by Beryl Smalley and published by Acls History E-Book Project. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Beryl Smalley
Publisher : Oxford : B. Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages written by Beryl Smalley and published by Oxford : B. Blackwell. This book was released on 1952 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Franca Ela Consolino
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 0884143813
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Middle Ages written by Franca Ela Consolino and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine the creative, profound dialogue between medieval women and biblical traditions The latest volume in the Bible and Women series examines the relationship between women and the Bible’s reception during the early Middle Ages (500–1100 CE) in both the Greek East and the Latin West. Essays focus on interactions between women and the Bible through biblical precepts on women and for women, biblical women as the subjects of action or objects of discussion, and writings by women that refer to the Bible as a moral authority. The women discussed in the volume range from the well-known—including the nuns Kassia in Byzantium and Hrosvita in the West; the aristocrat Dhuoda, author of a moral guide for her son; Gisela, the sister of Charlemagne and abbess of Chelles; and her niece Rotrude—to those who remain anonymous. Contributions also explore how the Old and New Testaments exercised influence on emerging Islam. Features: Analysis of images of the Virgin Mary as a means of tracing the spread of her cult and feast days from East to West Exploration of the significance of classical culture for medieval women who composed poems for a Christian audience Evaluation of art as a means of establishing devotional relationships not necessarily mediated by the voices of preachers or the reading of texts .

Author : Yitzhak Hen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521639989
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Uses of the Past in the Early Middle Ages written by Yitzhak Hen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to investigate how people in the early middle ages used the past: to legitimate the present, to understand current events, and as a source of identity. Each essay examines the mechanisms by which ideas about the past were - sometimes - subtly reshaped for present purposes.