Biblical Poetics Before Humanism and Reformation

ISBN-13: 9780521810463 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 282 str.

Christopher Ocker

Opis

Christopher Ocker's book is a study of the interpretation of the Bible in the late Middle Ages. He argues that interpreters developed a biblical poetics very similar to that cultivated and promoted by Protestants in the sixteenth century, which was reinforced by the adaptation of humanist rhetoric to Bible reading after Lorenzo Valla. This comparative study is derived from a variety of unpublished commentaries as well as more familiar works by Nicholas of Lyra, John Wyclif, Jean Gerson, Denys the Carthusian, Wendelin Steinbach, Desiderius Erasmus, Philip Melanchthon, and John Calvin.

Recenzje

Taken from the hardback review: 'In Biblical Poetics before Humanism and Reformation, Ocker chronicles with exemplary scholarly depth, linguistic competence and erudite yet not pedantic prose the key shift in biblical hermeneutic, rhetoric and theology in the late Middle Ages.' Scottish Journal of Theology

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Medieval exegesis; 2. Signification; 3. Rhetoric; 4. Divine speech; 5. Reformation; Conclusion; Appendix: Selections from commentaries.