Author
Conor O'Brien
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Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2015
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Author
Conor O'Brien
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2015
£141.97
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Bede's Temple
Today's Price £141.97
This volume examines the use of the image of the Jewish temple in the writings of the Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian, Bede (d. 735). The various Jewish holy sites described in the Bible possessed multiple different meanings for Bede and therefore this imagery provides an excellent window into his thought. Bede's Temple: An Image and its Interpretation examines Bede's use of the temple to reveal his ideas of history, the universe, Christ, the Church, and the individual Christian. Across his wide body of writings Bede presented an image of unity, whether that be the unity of Jew and gentile in the universal Church, or the unity of human and divine in the incarnate Christ, and the temple-image provided a means of understanding and celebrating that unity. Conor O'Brien argues that Bede's understanding of the temple was part of the shared spirituality and communal discourse of his monastery at Wearmouth-Jarrow, in particular as revealed in the great illuminated Bible made there: the Codex Amiatinus. Studying the temple in Bede's works reveals not just an individual genius, but a monastic community engaged actively in scriptural interpretation and religious reflection.
O'Brien makes an important contribution to our understanding of early Anglo-Saxon England's most important author, the world in which he lived, and the processes that inspired his work.
Author
Conor O'Brien
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2015
Weight
582g
Page Count
280
Dimensions
155 x 237 x 23 mm
ISBN
9780198747086
ISBN-10
019874708X
Eden Code
4322722
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Author/Creator: Conor O'Brien
ISBN: 9780198747086
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: October 2015
Weight: 582g
Dimensions: 155 x 237 x 23 mm
Eden Code: 4322722