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