Synopses & Reviews
Galatians is the inaugural volume in an exciting new commentary series, The Bible in Medieval Tradition, which seeks to reconnect today's Christians with a rich history of biblical interpretation. In this book Ian Christopher Levy has brought together commentaries on Paul's Epistle to the Galatians written by six medieval theologians spanning the ninth to the fourteenth centuries. Levy provides clear, readable translations of these significant texts which have never before been available in English or, in most cases, any modern language. He sets these works in historical and theological context through his in-depth introduction, locating each author within the broad sweep of medieval scholarship. These remarkable Medieval commentaries, written from a deep and pervasive faith, aimed not only to increase knowledge but, more vitally, to enhance and deepen Christian belief and piety an object of everlasting relevance to the Church.
Synopsis
This Work on Galatians is the inaugural volume in a significant new commentary series, The Bible in Medieval Tradition, which seeks to reconnect today's Christians with part of the church's rich tradition of biblical interpretation.
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Authors and Texts -- Medieval Biblical Scholarship -- The Patristic Period -- The Carolingian Period -- The Growth of Scholasticism -- High Scholasticism -- Conclusion -- TRANSLATIONS -- 1.Haimo of Auxerre: Complete Galatians -- 2.Bruno the Carthusian: Complete Galatians -- 3.Peter Lombard: Galatians 2 -- 4.Robert of Melun: Questions on Galatians -- 5.Robert Grosseteste: Galatians 3 -- 6.Nicholas of Lyra: Galatians 4.