{"product_id":"olivi-and-the-interpretation-of-matthew-in-the-high-middle-ages-9780268037154","title":"Olivi and the Interpretation of Matthew in the High Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this important new work, Kevin Madigan studies the development and union of scholastic, apocalyptic, and Franciscan interpretations of the Gospel of Matthew from 1150 to 1350. These interpretations are placed within the context of high-medieval religious life and attitudes of the papacy toward the Franciscan Order. Madigan uses the fortunes of the Franciscan Peter Olivi (d. 1298) and his commentary on Matthew as a lens through which to observe the larger theological and ecclesiastical developments of this era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured in three sections, \u003ci\u003eOlivi and the Interpretation of Matthew in the High Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an analysis of the scholastic gospel commentary tradition in the schools of Laon and Paris. The second section of the book offers a detailed examination of the \u003ci\u003eTreatise on the Four Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e by the famed apocalyptic writer Joachim of Fiore. Finally, Madigan turns his attention to the disputes which plagued the Franciscan Order during the first century of its existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadigan also focuses on Olivi’s \u003ci\u003eCommentary on Matthew\u003c\/i\u003e. He argues that this little-known work is perhaps the only Matthew commentary in the high Middle Ages to have been influenced by Joachim’s apocalyptic thought and shaped by internal and external disagreements over the highest form of religious life. Filled with severe criticisms of the hierarchy and leadership of the church, Olivi’s Matthew commentary was examined and eventually condemned by papally appointed theologians in the early fourteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlivi and the Interpretation of Matthew in the High Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a worthy contribution to the study of gospel exegesis, but also a valuable cultural and ecclesiastical history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kevin Madigan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49013099299067,"sku":"9780268037154","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_d9c4101a-2027-43fb-a658-91c2f5c73aac.jpg?v=1782573782","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/olivi-and-the-interpretation-of-matthew-in-the-high-middle-ages-9780268037154","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}