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the new cambridge history of THE BIBLE ThisvolumeexaminesthedevelopmentanduseoftheBiblefrom LateAntiquitytotheReformation,tracingitsgeographical and intellectual journeys from its Middle Eastern homelands to all parts of the Mediterranean and into northern Europe. Richard MarsdenandE.AnnMatter’svolumeprovidesabalancedtreat- mentofeasternandwesternbiblicaltraditions,highlightingpro- cessesoftransmissionandmodesofexegesisamongRomanand OrthodoxChristians,JewsandMuslims,andilluminatingtherole oftheBibleinmedievalinterreligiousdialogue.Translationsinto Ethiopic,Slavic,ArmenianandGeorgianvernaculars,aswellas RomanceandGermanic,aretreatedindetail,alongwiththetheme ofallegorisedspiritualityandthemultifariouspracticeofglossing; andthechapterstakethestudyofmedievalBiblehistorybeyond theconcernsofthemonasticcloisterandecclesiasticalschoolto considertheinfluenceofbiblicaltextsonvernacularpoetry,prose, drama,lawandthevisualartsofEastandWest. Richard Marsden isEmeritusProfessorofOldEnglishatthe UniversityofNottingham.HispublishedworksincludeTheText oftheOldTestamentinAnglo-SaxonEngland(1995)andaneditionof TheOldEnglishHeptateuchandÆlfric’sLibellusdeueteritestamento etnouo(2008),alongwithotherbooksandarticlesonscriptural translationandtheLatinBible. E. Ann Matter is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsyl- vania.SheteachesandwritesaboutmedievalChristianculture, especiallybiblicalinterpretationandthehistoryofspirituality.Her publicationsincludeTheVoiceofMyBeloved:TheSongofSongsin WesternMedievalChristianity(1990). the new cambridge history of THE BIBLE TheNewCambridgeHistoryoftheBibleseriescomprisesfourvol- umeswhichtakeintoaccounttheconsiderableadvancesinschol- arshipmadeinalmostallbiblicaldisciplinesduringtheprevious fortyyears.Thevolumesrespondtoshiftsinscholarlymethods of study of the Old and New Testaments, look closely at spe- cialisedformsofinterpretationandaddressthenewconcernsof thetwenty-firstcentury.Attentionispaidtobiblicalstudiesineast- ernChristian,JewishandIslamiccontexts,renderingtheseriesof interesttostudentsofallAbrahamicfaiths.TheentireNewCam- bridgeHistoryoftheBible offers a comprehensive account of the developmentoftheBiblefromitsbeginningstothepresentday, buteachvolumecanalsobereadindependently,providingasub- stantial contribution to the scholarship of the period it covers. TheNewHistorywillprovideaninvaluableresourceforscholars, researchersandstudentsalike. Listofvolumes: Volume1:FromtheBeginningsto600 edited by james carleton paget and joachim schaper Volume2:From600to1450 edited by richard marsden and e. ann matter Volume3:From1450to1750 edited by euan cameron Volume4:From1750tothePresent edited by john riches THE NEW CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE ∗ VOLUME 2 From 600 to 1450 ∗ Editedby RICHARD MARSDEN and E. ANN MATTER cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,uk PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521860062 (cid:3)C CambridgeUniversityPress2012 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2012 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata TheNewCambridgehistoryoftheBible/editedbyRichardMarsdenandE.AnnMatter. pages cm isbn978-0-521-86006-2(hardback) 1.Bible–History. 2.Bible–Use–History. 3.Bible–Criticism,interpretation,etc.–History. I.Marsden,Richard. 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Contents Listoffigures pagex Listofcontributors xii Preface xv Abbreviations xvii AbbreviationsofbooksoftheBible xix TableofPsalmnumbering xxii Introduction 1 richard marsden part i TEXTS AND VERSIONS 1 ·TheHebrewBible 19 judith olszowy-schlanger 2 ·TheGreekChristianBible 41 barbara crostini 3 ·JewishGreekBibleversions 56 nicholas de lange 4 ·TheLatinBible,c.600toc.900 69 pierre-maurice bogaert 5 ·TheLatinBible,c.900totheCouncilofTrent,1546 93 frans van liere 6 ·TheBibleinEthiopic 110 ephraim isaac v Contents 7 ·TheBibleinArabic 123 sidney h. griffith 8 ·TheBibleinArmenian 143 s. peter cowe 9 ·TheBibleinGeorgian 162 jeff w. childers 10 ·TheBibleinSlavonic 179 henry r. cooper, jr. 11 ·TheBibleinGermanic 198 andrew colin gow 12 ·TheBibleinEnglish 217 richard marsden 13 ·TheBibleinthelanguagesofScandinavia 239 bodil ejrnæs 14 ·TheBibleinFrench 251 clive r. sneddon 15 ·TheBibleinItalian 268 lino leonardi 16 ·TheBibleinSpanishandCatalan 288 gemma avenoza part ii FORMAT AND TRANSMISSION 17 ·TheBiblesoftheChristianEast 309 georgi r. parpulov 18 ·CarolingianBibles 325 david ganz vi Contents 19 ·TheLatingospelbook,c.600–1200 338 dorothy shepard 20 ·TheGlossedBible 363 lesley smith 21 ·ThethirteenthcenturyandtheParisBible 380 laura light 22 ·RomanesquedisplayBibles 392 dorothy shepard 23 ·LatinandvernacularApocalypses 404 nigel morgan 24 ·TheLatinpsalter 427 theresa gross-diaz 25 ·Illustrationinbiblicalmanuscripts 446 john lowden part iii THE BIBLE INTERPRETED 26 ·ByzantineOrthodoxexegesis 485 tia m. kolbaba 27 ·Thepatristiclegacytoc.1000 505 john j. contreni 28 ·Theearlyschools,c.900–1100 536 guy lobrichon 29 ·TheBibleinmedievaluniversities 555 william j. courtenay 30 ·Scriptureandreform 579 mary dove vii Contents 31 ·Jewishbiblicalexegesisfromitsbeginningstothetwelfthcentury 596 robert a. harris 32 ·TheBibleinJewish–Christiandialogue 616 a. sapir abulafia 33 ·TheBibleinMuslim–Christianencounters 638 david waines part iv THE BIBLE IN USE 34 ·TheBibleinthemedievalliturgy,c.600–1300 659 joseph dyer 35 ·TheuseoftheBibleinpreaching 680 siegfried wenzel 36 ·TheBibleinthespiritualliteratureofthemedievalWest 693 e. ann matter 37 ·LiteracyandtheBible 704 marie-luise ehrenschwendtner 38 ·TheBibleandcanonlaw 722 gerald bray 39 ·TheQur(cid:2)a¯nandtheBible 735 angelika neuwirth part v THE BIBLE TRANSFORMED 40 ·TheBibleinpublicart,600–1050 755 john mitchell 41 ·TheBibleinpublicart,1050–1450 785 c. m. kauffmann viii Contents 42 ·Iconsoftheeasternchurch 821 robin cormack 43 ·MedievalverseparaphrasesoftheBible 835 evelyn birge vitz 44 ·StagingtheBible 860 lynette r. muir Bibliography 874 Indexofbiblicalmanuscripts 984 Indexofscripturalsources 995 Generalindex 1000 ix
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