The Language and Logic of the Bible
Subtitle: The Earlier Middle Ages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 29, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780521423939
Subjects: The Bible; Bible Commentary; Religion - Biblical Studies - Language; Religion; Europe; Biblical Reference - Language Study; Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics; History; Religion / Bible / Language Studies; Religion / History; Religion-Bible - Hermeneutics; Religion-History; Bible - Hermeneutics
First sentence: A leisurely approach to the text, the cultivation of a quiet receptiveness which allows the Holy Spirit to speak in a man's heart as it will, patient reflection upon every detail of expression; these had long been the features of the 'holy reading' (lectio divina) of monastic life.