Raban Maur/Claude de Turin: Deux commentaires sur le livre de Ruth. Latin text by G. Colvener and I. M. Douglas
Alcuin wrote commentaries on much of the Bible, but it was left to two of his followers, Rabanus Maurus and Claudius, bishop of Turin, to comment in the 820s on the book of Ruth, the latter very briefly. Their uninspired efforts may go back to a common source, possibly a lost work of Alcuin’s. In an...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 372-374 |
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Book review
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| Summary: | Alcuin wrote commentaries on much of the Bible, but it was left to two of his followers, Rabanus Maurus and Claudius, bishop of Turin, to comment in the 820s on the book of Ruth, the latter very briefly. Their uninspired efforts may go back to a common source, possibly a lost work of Alcuin’s. In any case, central ideas, such as the tempting notion that the relative who gives up his claim in favour of Booz foreshadows John the Baptist, have patristic roots. And the cocktail of etymology, numerology, and allegory is familiar enough., Rabanus (like Alcuin) was a systematic pillager of earlier texts. In this case he had little in the way of commentary to guide him. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq153 |