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The Ten Commandments : interpreting the Bible in the medieval world / by Lesley Smith.
Van Pelt Library BS1285.52 .S64 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Lesley (Lesley Janette)
- Series:
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; 175.
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 175
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ten commandments--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Ten commandments.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 233 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2014.
- Summary:
- What did the ten commandments have to teach? Using the commentaries of a group of scholars from c.1150-1350, such as Peter Lombard, Robert Grosseteste, and Bonaventure, along with confessors' manuals, mystery plays and sermon material, this book investigates the place of the Decalogue in medieval though Beginning with the overarching themes of law and number it moves to consider what sort of God is revealed in the medieval schools, and ask whether answers intended for the classroom could make an impression on the wider world. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Approaches
- Law
- Number
- God
- Neighbour
- The hand and the mind: action and intention in keeping the law
- Word and truth
- Conformity and diversity
- Last words.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004273924
- 9004273921
- OCLC:
- 879468409
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