The honey of souls : Cassiodorus and the interpretation of the Psalms in the early Medieval West / Derek A. Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olsen, Derek A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580. Expositio Psalmorum.

Cassiodorus.

Bible. Psalms--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.

Bible.

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Bible. Psalms.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 313 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2017]

Summary:

The Honey of Souls is the first full-length study of the Explanation of the Psalms by Cassiodorus. While the Explanation became a seminal document for the monastic movement in the West and was eagerly read and widely quoted for centuries, it has languished in relative obscurity in the modern period. Derek Olsen explores Cassiodorus and his strategies for reading as a window into a spirituality of the psalms that defined early Western biblical interpretation.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Psalter, a Bible in Miniature 1

Chapter 2 Technological Challenges 27

Chapter 3 Cassiodorus and His Work 61

Chapter 4 An Initial Glance at the Explanation of the Psalms 91

Chapter 5 Cassiodorus and the Interpretive Framework 114

Chapter 6 The Preface to the Commentary 147

Chapter 7 Editing Augustine and Reading the Scriptures 181

Chapter 8 A Thorough Reading of Psalm 87 220

Chapter 9 Five Psalms-Short Takes 232

Chapter 10 The Legacy of Cassiodorus 274.

Notes:

"A Michael Glazier Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Olsen, Derek A., author. Honey of souls

ISBN:

9780814684146

0814684149

OCLC:

1001287548