Hebrew Bible, Old Testament. : the history of its interpretation / / Volume II, : From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : / edited by Magne Sæbø.

• Superior document: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament ; v.2
• TeilnehmendeR: Sæbø, Magne,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2008.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1249 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; 1. From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment - Aspects of the Cultural and Ideological Framework of Scriptural Interpretation. By Magne Sæbø, Oslo; 1. On the Renaissance; 2. On Humanism; 3. On the Enlightenment; A. Scriptural Interpretation in the Context of the Renaissance ; 2. The Exegetical and Hermeneutical Legacy of the Middle Ages: Christian and Jewish Perspectives; 2.1. Nicholas of Lyra and Old Testament Interpretation By Lesley Smith, Oxford; 1. Introduction; 2. Jewish Exegesis

3. The Literal Sense of Scripture and Exegetical Theory4. Conclusions; 2.2. Levi ben Gershom / Gersonides By Seymour Feldman, New Brunswick, NJ; 1. Introduction; 2. Philosophy and Exegesis; 3. Gersonides' Biblical Interpretation; 3. Bridging the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Biblia Pauperum, their Genre and Hermeneutical Significance. By Tarald Rasmussen, Oslo; 1. Introductory; 2. Contents and Structure of the Biblia Pauperum; 3. The Hermeneutical Function of the Old Testament; 4. The Religious Function of the Biblia Pauperum

4. Some Sociopolitical and Cultural Aspects of the Renaissance. By Trond Berg Eriksen, Oslo 1. Sociopolitical Changes in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries in Italy and North of the Alps; 2. The General Character of Renaissance Art and Literature; 3. Biblical Interpretation in the Work of Dante Alighieri; 4. The Renaissance Concept of 'History'; 5. From Manuscripts to Books: the Significance of the Printing Invention of Johann Gutenberg; 5. The Philosophical Context of the Renaissance Interpretation of the Bible. By Jeremy Catto, Oxford; 1. New Theological Developments

2. Aspects of a New Philosophical Climate3. Nicholas of Cusa; 4. Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola; 5. Summing up; 6. The Institutional Framework of Theological Studies in the Late Middle Ages. By Ulrich Köpf, Tübingen; 1. Theological Erudition and Education under the Predominance of Scholasticism; 1.1. The Institutional Character of the University; 1.2. Rise and Development of the Universities; 1.2.1. Universities Spontaneously Grown; 1.2.2. Universities Founded; 1.3. The collegia; 1.4. The Position of the Theological Faculty within the University; 1.5. The studia of the Mendicants

1.6. The Organization of Theological Studies1.7. Universities and their Schools in the Late Middle Ages; 2. Modifications of the Educational System in the Late Mediaeval Renaissance; 2.1. Idea and Extent of the Late Mediaeval Renaissance; 2.2. The Social and Cultural Background of the Late Mediaeval Humanism; 2.3. Humanism and the Institutions of Education; 2.4. The Curriculum of Humanism; 2.5. Humanistic Learning and its Literary Outcome; 3. New Developments in the Fifteenth Century and their Influence on Learning and Education; 3.1. Religious Reforming Ideas and Reforming Movements

3.2. Transformation and Popularization