Interpretation of Scripture

Theory. A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew, Godfrey and Richard of St Victor, and Robert of Melun

By (author) Franklin Harkins By (author) Frans Van Liere *

Book cover: Interpretation of Scripture

Extent: 557, 557 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Victorine Texts in Translation

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2012)

ISBN: 9782503534602

Price: $120.00

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Starting from the theory of scriptural interpretation elaborated by Hugh of St Victor, the Augustinian Canons of twelfth-century St Victor in Paris were leading theorists and practitioners of scriptural exegesis. This volume contains translations of the exegetical theories elaborated in Hugh of St Victor’s (d. 1141) Didascalicon, On Sacred Scripture and its Authors, The Diligent Examiner, and On the Sacraments (prologues); Andrew of St Victor’s (d. 1175) prologues to select commentaries; Richard of St Victor’s (d. 1173) Book of Notes and Apocalypse commentary; Godfrey of St Victor’s Fountain of PhilosophySentencesSpeculum on the Mysteries of the Church. The editors of this volume are Franklin T. Harkins (PhD, Notre Dame; Theology Dept. Fordham University), author of Reading and the Work of Restoration: History and Scripture in the Theology of Hugh of St Victor (2009) and Frans van Liere (PhD, Groningen; Dept. of History, Calvin College), editor of Andrew of St Victor’s commentaries on Samuel and Kings (1996 ; ET 2010) and on the Twelve Prophets (2007, with Mark Zier) (Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis), and author of a forthcoming book on the Bible in the Middle Ages.

  • By (author) Franklin Harkins
  • By (author) Frans Van Liere *