Medieval Readings of Romans

by Campbell, William S.; Hawkins, Peter S.; Schildgen, Brenda Deen

• ISBN13: 9780567027061
• ISBN10: 0567027066
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The Middle Ages were a vibrant time when theologians, priests, and poets searched the writings of the Apostle Paul for guidance and inspiration. In this volume, scholars examine the academic influence of Paul on thinkers like Peter Abelard, who understands him as the original "master of theology" and develops his own ideas of Christ's atonement as the Passion of God; Saint Thomas Aquinas, who transforms the apostle into an imitator of Christ for all to emulate; and Dante Alighieri, who barely mentions the Apostle in the Divine Comedy but invokes him constantly as an "absent presence" throughout, providing a powerful rhetorical model for Dante's own voice. This book provides a perspective on the variety and flourishing of thought in the centuries leading up the Reformation. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Paul's Letter to the Romans in the Middle Ages	p. 1
Romans in the Twelfth Century
Another Look at Abelard's Commentary on Romans 3:26	p. 11
Romans as Read in School and Cloister in the Twelfth Century: The Commentaries of Peter Abelard and William of St. Thierry	p. 33
Female Monasticism in the Twelfth Century: Peter Abelard, Heloise, and Paul's Letter to the Romans	p. 58
Medieval Readings of Old and New Law: From Sacra Pagina to Sacra Doctrina	p. 70
Romans in the Thirteenth Century
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God in Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Romans	p. 101
Dante, St. Paul, and the Letter to the Romans	p. 115
Responses to Essays
Abelard's Interpretation of Romans: Response to Jean Doutre	p. 135
The Rhetorical-Theological Presence of Romans in Dante: A Comparison of Methods in Philosophical Perspective	p. 142
Romans in the Middle Ages: Response to H. Lawrence Bond, Ian Christopher Levy, and Thomas F. Ryan	p. 153
Response to H. Lawrence Bond, Ian Christopher Levy, and Thomas F. Ryan	p. 158
Romans on the Eve of the Reformation
First in Knowledge of Divine Law: The Jews and the Old Law in Nicholas of Lyra's Romans Commentary	p. 167
Romans Commentaries in the Later Middle Ages	p. 182
Conclusion: Reading Romans in Conversation with Medieval Interpreters: The Challenge of Cross-Fertilization	p. 202
Bibliography	p. 213
Contributors	p. 231
List of Abbreviations	p. 234
Index of Authors	p. 235
Index of Subjects	p. 239
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