Interpretation of Scripture: Theory: A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew, Godfrey and Richard of St Victor, and Robert of Melun

560 Pages·2012·4.536 MB·English

by  Franklin T. Harkins, Frans van Liere

Interpretation of Scripture: Theory
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VICTORINE TEXTS IN TRANSLATION
Exegesis, Theology and Spirituality from the Abbey of St Victor
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Grover A. Zinn
Editor in Chief
Hugh Feiss, OSB
Managing Editor
Editorial Board
Boyd Taylor Coolman, Dale M. Coulter,
Christopher P. Evans, Franklin T. Harkins,
Frans van Liere
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Interpretation
of Scripture:
Theory
A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew,
Richard and Godfrey of St Victor,
and of Robert of Melun
Franklin T. Harkins
Frans van Liere
eds.
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© 2012, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher.
D/2012/0095/53
ISBN 978-2-503-53460-2
Printed in the E.U. on acid-free paper.
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Bible of Gilduin, first abbot of St Victor († 1155)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine 47, fol. 97v
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For Angela and Kate
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
9 Preface
11 Acknowledgments
13 Abbreviations
31 General Introduction
Franklin T. Harkins and Frans van Liere
61 Hugh of Saint Victor: Didascalicon on the Study of Reading
Introduction and translation by Franklin T. Harkins
63 Introduction
81 Text
203 Hugh of Saint Victor: On Sacred Scripture and Its Authors
The Diligent Examiner
Introduction and translation by Frans van Liere
205 Introduction
213 Texts
253 Hugh of Saint Victor: On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith,
Prologues
Introduction and translation by Christopher P. Evans
255 Introduction
261 Text
269 Andrew of Saint Victor: Prologues to Select Commentaries
Introduction and translation by Frans van Liere
271 Introduction
277 Texts
287 Richard of Saint Victor: The Book of Notes, selections
Introduction by Dale M. Coulter, translation by Hugh Feiss OSB
289 Introduction
297 Text
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8 TABLE OF CONTENTS
327 Richard of Saint Victor: On the Apocalypse of John,
selections
Introduction and translation by A. B. Kraebel
329 Introduction
341 Text
371 Godfrey of Saint Victor: The Fountain of Philosophy
Introduction and translation by Hugh Feiss OSB
373 Introduction
389 Text
427 Robert of Melun: Sentences, selections
Introduction by Dale M. Coulter, translation by Nancy Van Baak
429 Introduction
445 Text
479 The Speculum of the Mysteries of the Church, selections
Introduction and translation by Christopher P. Evans
481 Introduction
487 Text
495 Bibliography
523 Index of Scripture References
528 Index of Ancient and Medieval Authors
543 Subject Index
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