Hrabanus Maurus’ Post-Patristic Renovation of 1 Maccabees 1:1–8
In this article, I examine Hrabanus Maurus’ exegesis of the opening verses of 1 Maccabees, which preserves a concise account of Alexander the Great’s career. My main goal is to demonstrate how Hrabanus reinterpreted the representation of the Macedonian king from 1 Maccabees. To this end, I employ tr...
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Open theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 271-288 |
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