Medieval Exegesis in Translation
Author | : Lesley Janette Smith |
Publisher | : Medieval Institute Publications |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105020113267 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book brings together and translates from the medieval Latin a series of commentaries on the biblical book of Ruth, with the intention of introducing readers to medieval exegesis or biblical interpretation. . . . Ruth is the shortest book of the Old Testament, being only four chapters long. It is partly for this reason that it lends itself so well to a short book introducing medieval exegesis; but it is also of interest in itself. Ruth poses a number of exegetical problems, including the basic one of why such an odd book, in which God never appears as an actor, and with a central character who was not an Israelite but a Moabite outsider, and a woman at that, should find a place in the canon of Scripture.