Take hold of the robe of a Jew : : Herbert of Bosham's Christian hebraism / / by Deborah L. Goodwin.

This engaging, meticulously documented study explores the complex, sometimes conflicting motives of Christian hebraists. It locates Herbert of Bosham's twelfth-century Psalms commentary at the nexus of the intellectual and social movements of his day, and elucidates the complex situations that...

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Superior document:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; Volume 126
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; Volume 126.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Life of a Twelfth-Century Intellectual
  • 2. Herbert of Bosham's Psalterium cum commento
  • 3. Twelfth-Century Christian Hebraism in Context
  • 4. Colonizing the Territory of Scripture
  • 5. The Linguistic and Cultural Horizons of Herbert's Hebraism
  • 6. Herbert's Hermeneutic of the Literal Sense
  • 7. Herbert as Expositor: The Faithful Synagogue
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.