The Ten Commandments: Interpreting the Bible in the Medieval World

by Lesley M. Smith and Lesley J. Smith

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004273921
• ISBN13: 9789004273924
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"