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The Ten Commandments: Interpreting the Bible in the Medieval World

  • Hardback
  • 249 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.1 x 23.9 x 1.8 cm

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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 thought. Beginning with the overarching themes of law and number, it moves to consider what sort of God is revealed in the commandments of the first stone tablet, and uncovers the structure that lay behind the precepts dealing with one's neighbour. Interpreting the commandments allows us to look at issues of method and individuality in the medieval schools, and ask whether answers intended for the classroom could make an impression on the wider world.

  • Title

    The Ten Commandments: Interpreting the Bible in the Medieval World

  • Author

    Lesley J. Smith

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    June 2014

  • Weight

    523g

  • Page Count

    249

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004273924

  • ISBN-10

    9004273921

  • Eden Code

    4725217

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