Best known in the Middle Ages as a scriptural exegete, Bede here provides a running gloss on the Letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude. Why he chose these lesser letters' for his first attempt at written exegesis no one knows; perhaps he did so because so few other scriptural commentators had glossed them. They are unique in that he inclined more to the literal interpretation of the text than he did in his more allegorical later commentaries. Preachers will find them useful; readers will find them illuminating.
Best known in the Middle Ages as a scriptural exegete, Bede here provides a running gloss on the Letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude. Why he chose these lesser letters' for his first attempt at written exegesis no one knows; perhaps he did so because so few other scriptural commentators had glossed them. They are unique in that he inclined more to the literal interpretation of the text than he did in his more allegorical later commentaries. Preachers will find them useful; readers will find them illuminating.
Bede The Venerable
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Bede The Venerable
253
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780879079826 |
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| Publisher: | Liturgical Press, The |
| Publication date: | 11/29/2006 |
| Series: | Cistercian Studies Series , #82 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 253 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.64(d) |
| Age Range: | 1 - 17 Years |