Title Biblical commentary and translation in later medieval England : experiments in interpretation / Andrew Kraebel

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 302 pages) Series Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 109 Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 109. Contents 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Matthew Commentaries ntaries -- John Bale's Dilemma Epilogue: John Bale's Dilemma Summary "Drawing extensively on unpublished manuscript sources, this study uncovers the culture of experimentation that surrounded biblical exegesis in fourteenth-century England.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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 10, 2020) SUBJECT Bible -- Commentaries -- History and criticism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003560 Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Bible -- Translating -- England -- History -- To 1500 Bible. English -- Versions -- History -- To 1500 Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst01356024 Subject England. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019037736 ISBN 9781108761437 1108761437 9781108788397 1108788394

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