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Bede's temple : an image and its interpretation / Conor O'Brien.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
O'Brien, Conor, 1987- author.
Series:
Oxford theology and religion monographs.
Oxford theology and religion monographs
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735--Criticism and interpretation.
Bede.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--History and criticism.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (263 p.)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This is a study of the use of the image of the temple in the writings of the most significant theologian of pre-Conquest England, the Venerable Bede. Using the whole of the surviving corpus of Bede's writings, Dr O'Brien examines Bede as a historian and considers his exegetical methods.
Contents:
Studying Bede's temple
Bede's temple in its intellectual context
Bede's temple as history
Bede's temple as cosmos
Bede's temple as the body of Christ
Bede's temple as church
Bede's temple as individual
Building Bede's temple.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-19-180934-9
0-19-106415-7
OCLC:
926914908

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