Interpretation of Scripture: Theory: A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew, Richard and Godfrey of St. Victor, and of Robert of Melun (Victorine Texts ... and Spiriuality from the Abbey of St. Victor)
The surfeit of translations of patristic and medieval commentaries on the Bible is changing not only how the Bible is interpreted today but also how theologians use the Bible.Interpretation of Scriptureoffers a judicious selection of writings from sophisticated thinkers who addressed the hermeneutics of biblical interpretation. This rich and substantive volume puts to flight the clichés about medieval exegesis and gives biblical scholars as well as theologians much to ponder. --Robert Louis Wilken, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity, Emeritus, University of VirginiaThis volume will guide even seasoned scholars in the ongoing analysis of the Victorine legacy. The contributors include known experts in Victorine studies such as Hugh Feiss, OSB, and Franklin Harkins and Frans van Liere are among the most diligent and best of the new generation of Victorine scholars. --E. Ann Matter, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of PennsylvaniaThis volume will guide even seasoned scholars in the ongoing analysis of the Victorine legacy. The contributors include known experts in Victorine studies such as Hugh Feiss, OSB, and Franklin Harkins and Frans van Liere are among the most diligent and best of the new generation of Victorine scholars. --E. Ann Matter, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of PennsylvaniaThis volume will guide even seasoned scholars in the ongoing analysis of the Victorine legacy. The contributors include known experts in Victorine studies such as Hugh Feiss, OSB, and Franklin Harkins and Frans van Liere are among the most diligent and best of the new generation of Victorine scholars. --E. Ann Matter, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of PennsylvaniaThis volume will guide even seasoned scholars in the ongoing analysis of the Victorine legacy. The contributors include known experts in Victorine studies such as Hugh Feiss, OSB, and Franklin Harkins and Frans van Liere are among the most diligent and best of the new generation of Victorine scholars. --E. Ann Matter, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania