Biblical commentary and translation in later medieval England: experiments in interpretation
Interpretive Theories and Traditions Interpretive Theories and Traditions Interpretive Theories and Traditions -- Eclectic Hermeneutics: Biblical Commentary in Wycl Eclectic Hermeneutics: Biblical Commentary in Wyclif's Oxford f's Oxford f's Oxford -- Richard Rolle's Scholarly De...
| Summary: | Interpretive Theories and Traditions Interpretive Theories and Traditions Interpretive Theories and Traditions -- Eclectic Hermeneutics: Biblical Commentary in Wycl Eclectic Hermeneutics: Biblical Commentary in Wyclif's Oxford f's Oxford f's Oxford -- Richard Rolle's Scholarly Devotion Richard Rolle's Scholarly Devotion Richard Rolle's Scholarly Devotion -- Moral Experiments: Middle English Matthew Comme Moral Experiments: Middle English Matthew Comme Moral Experiments: Middle English Matthew Commentaries ntaries -- John Bale's Dilemma Epilogue: John Bale's Dilemma. "Drawing extensively on unpublished manuscript sources, this study uncovers the culture of experimentation that surrounded biblical exegesis in fourteenth-century England. In an area ripe for revision, Andrew Kraebel challenges the accepted theory (inherited from Reformation writers) that medieval English Bible translations represent a proto-Protestant rejection of scholastic modes of interpretation. Instead, he argues that early translators were themselves part of a larger scholastic interpretive tradition, and tried to make that tradition available to a broader audience. Translation was thus one among many ways that English exegetes experimented with the possibilities of commentary. With a wide scope, the book focuses on works by writers from the heretic John Wyclif to the hermit Richard Rolle, alongside a host of lesser-known authors, including Henry Cossey and Nicholas Trevet, and many anonymous texts. The study provides new insight into the ingenuity of medieval interpreters willing to develop new literary-critical methods and embrace intellectual risks"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 273-295 |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 302 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 1108486649 |