Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs
Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs

Author: D. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-10-14

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0230100139

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This book examines texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates that Christian thinkers constructed memories of the Maccabean martyrs that simultaneously appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity.

The European Book in the Twelfth Century
The European Book in the Twelfth Century

Author: Erik Kwakkel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-07-26

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 110862765X

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The 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided into three sections: the technical aspects of making books; the processes and practices of reading and keeping books; and the transmission of texts in the disciplines that saw significant change in the period, including medicine, law, philosophy, liturgy, and theology. Richly illustrated, the volume provides the first in-depth account of book production as a European phenomenon.

The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages
The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages

Author: Susan Boynton

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0231148275

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In this volume, specialists in literature, theology, liturgy, manuscript studies, and history introduce the medieval culture of the Bible in Western Christianity. Emphasizing the living quality of the text and the unique literary traditions that arose from it, they show the many ways in which the Bible was read, performed, recorded, and interpreted by various groups in medieval Europe. An initial orientation introduces the origins, components, and organization of medieval Bibles. Subsequent chapters address the use of the Bible in teaching and preaching, the production and purpose of Biblical manuscripts in religious life, early vernacular versions of the Bible, its influence on medieval historical accounts, the relationship between the Bible and monasticism, and instances of privileged and practical use, as well as the various forms the text took in different parts of Europe. The dedicated merging of disciplines, both within each chapter and overall in the book, enable readers to encounter the Bible in much the same way as it was once experienced: on multiple levels and registers, through different lenses and screens, and always personally and intimately.

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

Author: David Fink

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2023-07-11

Total Pages: 754

ISBN-13: 0830842535

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In this volume of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture, Reformation scholar David Fink guides readers through a wealth of early modern commentary on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. Drawing upon a variety of resources, this volume provides resources for contemporary preachers, scholars, and readers.

Translating the Hebrew Bible in Medieval Iberia
Translating the Hebrew Bible in Medieval Iberia

Author: Esperanza Alfonso

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-25

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 9004461221

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Translating the Hebrew Bible in Medieval Iberia provides the princeps diplomatic edition and a comprehensive study of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Hunt. 268. The manuscript, produced in the Iberian Peninsula in the late thirteenth century, features a biblical glossary-commentary in Hebrew that includes 2,018 glosses in the vernacular and 156 in Arabic, and to date is the only manuscript of these characteristics known to have been produced in this region. Esperanza Alfonso has edited the text and presents here a study of it, examining its pedagogical function, its sources, its exegetical content, and its extraordinary value for the study of biblical translation in the Iberian Peninsula and in the Sephardic Diaspora. Javier del Barco provides a detailed linguistic study and a glossary of the corpus of vernacular glosses. For a version with a list of corrections and additions, see https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/265401.

Historical Theology for the Church
Historical Theology for the Church

Author: Jason G. Duesing

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2021-02-15

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1433649160

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In Historical Theology for the Church, editors Jason Duesing and Nathan Finn bring together top contributors to survey key doctrinal developments in every era of church history. They not only trace the development of various doctrines within historical congregations; they also provide a resource for contemporary congregations. Steered by the conviction that historical theology serves the church both local and global, each chapter concludes with an application section that clarifies the connection between the historical doctrine being covered and the Christian church today.

In the Beginning was the Word
In the Beginning was the Word

Author: Mark A. Noll

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0190263989

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In the Beginning Was the Word provides a sweeping, engaging, and insightful survey of the relationship between the Bible and public issues from the beginning of European settlement through the American Revolution. It focuses throughout on how people negotiated between the Bible and other social authorities, such as ecclesiastical tradition, national and imperial politics, and economic mandates.