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The first modern study of Nicholas of Lyra. A Franciscan teacher at the University of Paris, Nicholas (d. 1349) was an immensely important biblical commentator whose works influenced generations of scholars including Luther. Famed for his knowledge of Hebrew learning, as well as of the Latin Fathers, Nicholas was also highly conscious of interpretative method and of the Bible as literary artefact.
In his massive Postillae, Nicholas commented on the entire Bible according to both literal and spiritual senses. This masterpiece is the basis for fifteen essays which cover major biblical books, examining them in a variety of ways, such as interpretative history, theology, and even political theory. They illuminate the remarkable range of Nicholas' thinking, his impressive scholarship, and his Franciscan evangelism.
A major study of a key medieval writer.
Contributors include: Philippe Buc, Mary Dove, Theresa Gross-Diaz, Deeana Copeland Klepper, Philip D.W. Krey, Frans van Liere, Kevin Madigan, Corrine Patton, Michael A. Signer, Lesley Smith, and Mark Zier.
In his massive Postillae, Nicholas commented on the entire Bible according to both literal and spiritual senses. This masterpiece is the basis for fifteen essays which cover major biblical books, examining them in a variety of ways, such as interpretative history, theology, and even political theory. They illuminate the remarkable range of Nicholas' thinking, his impressive scholarship, and his Franciscan evangelism.
A major study of a key medieval writer.
Contributors include: Philippe Buc, Mary Dove, Theresa Gross-Diaz, Deeana Copeland Klepper, Philip D.W. Krey, Frans van Liere, Kevin Madigan, Corrine Patton, Michael A. Signer, Lesley Smith, and Mark Zier.
Price: $168.00
Pages: 348
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
Publication Date:
20 April 2000
ISBN: 9789004112957
Format: Other
'In their welcome collection of essays on the Franciscan biblical exegete Nicholas of Lyra (1270-1349), Philip Krey and Lesley Smith seek to address those issues that have recently sparked interest in this scholar in several areas of medieval studies.'
Ruth Nisse, The Journal of Religion.
Ruth Nisse, The Journal of Religion.
Philip D.W. Krey, Ph.D. (1990), Chicago, is Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Early and Medieval Church History at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the author of Nicholas of Lyra's Apocalypse Commentary.
Lesley Smith, Dphil. (1986), Oxford University, is Academic Bursar and Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. She is the author of Medieval Exegesis in Translation: The Book of Ruth and of the Theology volume in The Medieval Book series.
Lesley Smith, Dphil. (1986), Oxford University, is Academic Bursar and Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. She is the author of Medieval Exegesis in Translation: The Book of Ruth and of the Theology volume in The Medieval Book series.