Bede: A Biblical Miscellany

by Foley, W. Trent; Holder, Arthur G.

• ISBN13: 9780853236832
• ISBN10: 0853236836
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-02
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

This volume contains six of Bede's shorter biblical writings, most of which appear here in translation for the first time - On Tobias, On the Resting Places, Thirty Questions on the Book of Kings, On Eight Questions, On the Holy Places and the letter On What Isaiah Says. Taken together, they reveal his amazing versatility as a biblical exegete.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Preface	xi
Sr. Benedicta Ward
Introduction	xxvii
W. Trent Foley
On the Holy Places
W. Trent Foley
Introduction	1	(4)
Translation with Notes	5	(22)
On the Resting-Places
Arthur G. Holder
Introduction	27	(2)
Translation with Notes	29	(6)
On What Isaiah Says
Arthur G. Holder
Introduction	35	(4)
Translation with Notes	39	(14)
On Tobias
W. Trent Foley
Introduction	53	(4)
Translation with Notes	57	(24)
Thirty Questions on the Book of Kings
W. Trent Foley
Introduction	81	(8)
Translation with Notes	89	(50)
Appendices	139	(6)
On Eight Questions
Arthur G. Holder
Introduction	145	(4)
Translation with Notes	149	(18)
Select Bibliography	167	(16)
Index of Biblical Quotations and Allusions	183	(14)
Index of Patristic and Classical Sources	197