Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation :The Latin Fathers

Publication subTitle :The Latin Fathers

Author: Tarmo Toom  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781316682388

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781107066557

Subject: B971 Bible

Keyword: 政治理论

Language: ENG

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Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation

Description

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of patristic hermeneutics for those who research, teach, or study the early church and the interpretation of Scripture. It focuses exclusively on Latin authors - such as Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory - whose writings contain substantial discussion of hermeneutics and who were known, read, and cited in the Middle Ages and beyond. In this collection of essays, leading international experts in the field identify key passages on patristic hermeneutical theory and demonstrate how the works of these authors have been fundamental for Latin traditions of biblical interpretation. Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation offers a selective yet comprehensive guide to a previously understudied area.

Chapter

Chapter 2 Tyconius’ hermeneutics: the way the Holy Spirit expresses itself through Scripture

A layman, an exegete, and a dissident

Tyconius’ hermeneutical works

The Holy Spirit and the seals of Scripture

The reader’s task in regards to Scripture

The mystical rules about the bipartite church

The mystical nature of time in the church

A typological reading

Hermeneutics and theology

Gathering around the reading of Scripture

A lasting influence on western hermeneutics

Further Reading

Chapter 3 Jerome’s hermeneutics: how to exegete the Bible?

Linguistic ability and principles of translation

Translations of the biblical books

Hermeneutical theory and practice in Jerome’s letters

Hermeneutical theory and practice in Jerome’s commentaries

Further reading

Chapter 4 Augustine’s hermeneutics: the science of the divinely given signs

De dialectica

De magistro

De doctrina Christiana

Further reading

Chapter 5 Cassian’s hermeneutics: purity of heart and the vision of God

Institutiones 5.33-4

Conlationes 8.3-4

Conlationes 14

Purity of heart

Method or antimethod?

Further reading

Chapter 6 Junillus Africanus’ hermeneutics: Antioch and beyond

Introduction

Antiochene themes

North African milieu

Christological allegiance

Conclusion

Further reading

Chapter 7 Cassiodorus’ hermeneutics: the Psalms and the arts of language

Further reading

Chapter 8 Gregory’s hermeneutics: Scripture as a path to God

Gregory the Great’s background

Literary inheritance

Introduction to Gregory’s Commentary on Canticle of Canticles

Gregory’s discussion of allegory in the Commentary on Canticle of Canticles

Gregory’s exegetical theory as presented in his letter to Leander of Seville

Emphasis on the moral/tropological sense

Discernment of the exegete

Literal and allegorical senses

Conclusion

Further reading

Chapter 9 Isidore’s hermeneutics: the codification of the tradition

The man and his works

His hermeneutical approach

The Isidorean ‘‘system’’

Isidore’s view of language

Tools for interpretation

Evaluation

Further reading

Bibliography

Index

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