GENESIS
Translated and edited by
Joy A. Schroeder
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.
All rights reserved
Published 2015 by
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 / P.O. Box 163, Cambridge CB3 9PU U.K.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Book of Genesis (Schroeder)
The book of Genesis / translated and edited by Joy A. Schroeder.
pages cm.—(The Bible in medieval tradition)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-8028-6845-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Bible. Genesis—Criticism, interpretation, etc.—History—Middle Ages, 600–1500—Sources.
I. Schroeder, Joy A., 1963– editor, translator.
BS1235.52.B658 2015
222′.11060902—dc23
2015007421
THE BIBLE IN MEDIEVAL TRADITION
GENERAL EDITORS
H. Lawrence Bond†
Philip D. W. Krey
Ian Christopher Levy
Thomas Ryan
The major intent of the series The Bible in Medieval Tradition is to reacquaint the Church with its rich history of biblical interpretation and with the contemporary applicability of this history, especially for academic study, spiritual formation, preaching, discussion groups, and individual reflection. Each volume focuses on a particular biblical book or set of books and provides documentary evidence of the most significant ways in which that work was treated in the course of medieval biblical interpretation.
The series takes its shape in dialogue both with the special traditions of medieval exegesis and with the interests of contemporary readers. Each volume in the series comprises fresh translations of several commentaries. The selections are lengthy and, in most cases, have never been available in English before.
Compared to patristic material, relatively little medieval exegesis has been translated. While medieval interpretations do resemble their patristic forebears, they do not simply replicate them. Indeed, they are produced at new times and in new situations. As a result, they lend insight into the changing culture and scholarship of the Middle Ages and comprise a storehouse of the era’s theological and spiritual riches that can enhance contemporary reading of the Bible. They, therefore, merit their own consideration, to which this series is meant to contribute.
Drawing Upon the Fathers of the Church
Remigius of Auxerre and Carolingian Biblical Interpretation
Allegory in Twelfth-Century Monastic Interpretation: Rupert of Deutz
Hildegard of Bingen and the Interpretive Work of Medieval Women
The School of Saint Victor: Andrew of Saint Victor’s Exposition on Genesis
Creating Resources for Medieval Students: Peter Comestor and the Scholastic History
Nicholas of Lyra: A Fourteenth-Century Exegete
Literal and Mystical Exegesis in the Fifteenth Century: Denis the Carthusian
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About The Book of Genesis (The Bible in Medieval Tradition | BMT)In this latest addition to the Bible in Medieval Tradition series, Joy Schroeder provides substantial excerpts from seven noteworthy medieval biblical interpreters who commented on Genesis between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Now available in English for the first time and representing a chronological and geographical range of authors—including Hildegard of Bingen, Nicholas of Lyra, and Denis the Carthusian—these clear, readable translations illustrate the rich diversity of medieval approaches to biblical interpretation. The commentary covers the entire book of Genesis and includes an in-depth introduction by Schroeder that locates each of the medieval authors within his or her context. |
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