Bede''s Temple - An Image and Its Interpretation

Zusatztext The authors views on the dates of Bedes various writings are set out in a table in the prefatory matter, which serves the purpose of making OBriens understanding of the chronology transparent for the reader. The book has been edited well and it is very readable. The author has absorbed an impressive amount of secondary material, including several under-appreciated publications by scholars such as Giovanni Caputa and Georges Tugène. Informationen zum Autor Conor O'Brien is a Teaching Associate at the University of Sheffield. Klappentext This is a study of the use of the image of the temple in the writings of the most significant theologian of pre-Conquest England, the Venerable Bede. Using the whole of the surviving corpus of Bede's writings, Dr O'Brien examines Bede as a historian and considers his exegetical methods. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the use of the image of the temple in the writings of the most significant theologian of pre-Conquest England, the Venerable Bede. Using the whole of the surviving corpus of Bede's writings, Dr O'Brien examines Bede as a historian and considers his exegetical methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Abbreviations Chronology of Bede's Works 1: Introduction 2: Bede's Temple in its Intellectual Context 3: Bede's Temple as History 4: Bede's Temple as Cosmos 5: Bede's Temple as the Body of Christ 6: Bede's Temple as Church 7: Bede's Temple as Individual 8: Building Bede's Temple Bibliography

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• Authors: &apos, Conor brien, O&apos, Conor O'Brien, Conor (Teaching Associate O'Brien, Conor O''brien, Conor (Teaching Associate O''brien
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2015
• EAN: 9780198747086
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874708-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, The Early Church, Biblical Studies & Exegesis