Salome and the kin of Jesus : the treatises of Maurice of Kirkham and Herbert of Bosham / edited and translated by Constant J. Mews and Antti Ijäs with the assistance of Samuel Baudinette and Rina Lahav.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mews, C. J., editor, translator.

Ijäs, Antti, editor, translator.

Baudinette, Samuel, editor, translator.

Lahav, Rina, editor, translator.

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, publisher.

Series:

British writers of the Middle Ages and the early modern period ; 8.

Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 237.

Studies and texts ; 237

British writers of the Middle Ages and the early modern period ; 8

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Genealogy--Early works to 1800.

Jesus Christ.

Salome (Biblical figure)--Early works to 1800.

Salome.

Herbert, of Bosham, active 12th century.

Herbert.

Maurice, of Kirkham, active 12th century.

Maurice.

Bodleian Library--Manuscript--Hatton 92.

Bodleian Library.

Lincoln College (University of Oxford). Library--Manuscript--Lat. 27.

Lincoln College (University of Oxford).

Physical Description:

cxxx, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2024]

Language Note:

Original texts in Latin with parallel English translation; introductory matter in English.

Summary:

"In the twelfth century, a widely circulated hypothesis about the descendants of St Anne, mother of the Virgin, included the idea that Salome, the mother of the disciples James and John, was in fact a man and St Anne's third husband. Two theologians mounted a challenge: Maurice of Kirkham, prior of the Augustinian abbey of Kirkham in Yorkshire; and Herbert of Bosham, a former student of Peter Lombard and a companion of Thomas Becket. Both men employed scholastic methods of enquiry and knowledge of Hebrew; both decried the acceptance of a flawed hypothesis about the genealogy of the Virgin as symbolic of an uncritical acceptance of scholastic authorities with the potential to distort comprehension of the Gospels. This volume provides the first edition and translation of Maurice's Contra Salomitas, in both its short and long versions. It also provides an edition and translation of Herbert's letter to Henry, count of Champagne. A substantial introduction outlines the long evolution of the debate about the kin of Jesus, and situates Maurice and Herbert in the context of their twelfth-century scholastic milieu."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Short version of the Contra Salomitas is based on Oxford, Lincoln College, MS Lat. 27, fols. 1r-5r; long version of the Contra Salomitas is based on Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Hatton 92, fols. 1r-30v; letter of Herbert of Bosham is based on Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 123, fols. 1r-4va.

Contains:

Container of: Maurice, of Kirkham, active 12th century. Works. Selections.

Container of: Maurice, of Kirkham, active 12th century. Works. Selections. English.

Container of: Herbert, of Bosham, active 12th century. Correspondence. Selections.

Container of: Herbert, of Bosham, active 12th century. Correspondence. Selections. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Salome and the kin of Jesus.

ISBN:

9780888442376

0888442378

OCLC:

1419465496