Medieval Exegesis in Translation

Commentaries on the Book of Ruth

Edited and translated by Lesley Smith

Book cover: Medieval Exegesis in Translation

Extent: 90 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Commentary Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 1997)

ISBN: 9781879288683

5.51 x 8.5 inches

Price: $9.95

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(January 1997)

ISBN: 9781580445092

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This book brings together and translates from the medieval Latin a series of commentaries on the biblical book of Ruth, with the intention of introducing readers to medieval exegesis or biblical interpretation.


This book brings together and translates from the medieval Latin a series of commentaries on the biblical book of Ruth, with the intention of introducing readers to medieval exegesis or biblical interpretation. . . . Ruth is the shortest book of the Old Testament, being only four chapters long. It is partly for this reason that it lends itself so well to a short book introducing medieval exegesis; but it is also of interest in itself. Ruth poses a number of exegetical problems, including the basic one of why such an odd book, in which God never appears as an actor, and with a central character who was not an Israelite but a Moabite outsider, and a woman at that, should find a place in the canon of Scripture.

Acknowledgements Introduction The Book of Ruth Commentators Sources Medieval Biblical Commentary Abbreviations and Editions of Texts Used Some Further Reading Texts Jerome: The Book of Ruth Isidore of Seville: On Ruth The Ordinary Gloss Additions to The Ordinary Gloss Peter of Comestor: The Scholastic History Hugh of St. Cher: Postills on Ruth Nicholas of Lyra: Postills on Ruth, Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Book of Ruth
Commentators
Sources
Medieval Biblical Commentary
Abbreviations and Editions of Texts Used
Some Further Reading
Texts
Jerome: The Book of Ruth
Isidore of Seville: On Ruth
The Ordinary Gloss
Additions to The Ordinary Gloss
Peter Comestor: The Scholastic History
Hugh of St. Cher: Postills on Ruth
Nicholas of Lyra: Postills on Ruth

  • Edited and translated by Lesley Smith