The Ten Commandments - Interpreting the Bible in the Medieval World

Using the commentaries of a group of scholars from c. 1150-1350, along with confessors' manuals, mystery plays and sermon material, this book investigates the place of the Decalogue in medieval religious life and thought.

About the author

Lesley Smith, D.Phil. (Oxon.) is a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. Her publications for Brill include The 'Glossa Ordinaria': The Making of a Medieval Bible Commentary (2009) and (with P.D.W. Krey) Nicholas of Lyra: The Senses of Scripture (2000).

Product details

• Authors: Lesley J Smith, Lesley J. Smith
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9789004273924
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27392-4
• No. of pages: 249
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism