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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810140603321

Autore

Smith Lesley (Lesley Janette)

Titolo

The Ten Commandments : interpreting the Bible in the medieval world / / by Lesley Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27488-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, , 1573-5664 ; ; Volume 175

Disciplina

222/.16060902

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Lesley Smith -- Approaches / Lesley Smith -- Law / Lesley Smith -- Number / Lesley Smith -- God / Lesley Smith -- Neighbour / Lesley Smith -- The Hand and the Mind: Action and Intention in Keeping the Law / Lesley Smith -- Word and Truth / Lesley Smith -- Conformity and Diversity / Lesley Smith -- Last Words / Lesley Smith -- Bibliography / Lesley Smith -- General Index / Lesley Smith -- Index of References to Scripture / Lesley Smith.

Sommario/riassunto

What did the ten commandments have to teach? Using the commentaries of a group of scholars from c. 1150-1350, such as Peter Lombard, Robert Grosseteste, and Bonaventure, along with confessors’ manuals, mystery plays and sermon material, this book investigates the place of the Decalogue in medieval thought. Beginning with the overarching themes of law and number, it moves to consider what sort of God is revealed in the commandments of the first stone tablet, and uncovers the structure that lay behind the precepts dealing with one’s neighbour. Interpreting the commandments allows us to look at issues of method and individuality in the medieval schools, and ask whether answers intended for the classroom could make an impression on the wider world.