Format:
XIV, 612 S. :
,
Kt.
Edition:
1. publ., digitally printed first paperback version
ISBN:
978-0-521-03347-3
,
0-521-03347-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England 10
Content:
This volume includes the first edition of a previously unknown text which throws wholly new light on the intellectual history of early medieval Europe. The biblical commentaries (never before printed or studied) represent the teaching of two extraordinarily gifted Greek scholars who came to England from the Byzantine East. Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury (668-90) and his colleague Hadrian (d. 710) established a school in Canterbury, to which they brought a wealth of experience and learning
Content:
These scholars applied their knowledge to the exposition of the Bible to a small group of Anglo-Saxon scholars, who recorded their teaching. The commentaries throw new light on the range of subjects which were taught in Canterbury at the time: medicine, philosophy, rhetoric, Roman civil law, as well as the biblical text itself, illustrating what was undoubtedly the high point of biblical scholarship between late antiquity and the Renaissance
Content:
Because both Hadrian and Theodore were from Greek-speaking parts of the Roman empire, their commentaries reveal new links between the Byzantine East and the Latin West in the seventh century
Language:
Latin
Subjects:
History
,
General works
,
Theology
,
English Studies
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Bibel
;
Bibel
;
Quelle
;
Bibliografie
;
Kommentar
Author information:
Bischoff, Bernhard, 1906-1991
