A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages
Published on 25. November 2016
Book
Hardback
498 pages
978-90-04-32443-5 (ISBN)
Description
The biblical book of Job is a timeless text that relates a story of intense human suffering, abandonment, and eventual redemption. It is a tale of profound theological, philosophical, and existential significance that has captured the imaginations of auditors, exegetes, artists, religious leaders, poets, preachers, and teachers throughout the centuries. This original volume provides an introduction to the wide range of interpretations and representations of Job-both the scriptural book and its righteous protagonist-produced in the medieval Christian West. The essays gathered here treat not only exegetical and theological works such as Gregory's Moralia and the literal commentaries of Thomas Aquinas and Nicholas of Lyra, but also poetry and works of art that have Job as their subject.
Reviews / Votes
"This Companion is a substantial contribution to the study of medieval Christian exegesis and, needless to say, the larger history of interpretation of Job."Paul M. Blowers, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. In: Speculum, Vol. 94, No. 2 (April 2019), pp. 537-538.
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Language
English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
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Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
839 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-32443-5 (9789004324435)
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Franklin T. Harkins, Ph.D. (2005), University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He has published widely on scholastic theology and exegesis, including Reading and the Work of Restoration (PIMS, 2009).
Aaron Canty, Ph.D. (2006), University of Notre Dame, is Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. He is the author of Light and Glory: The Transfiguration of Christ in Early Franciscan and Dominican Theology (CUA, 2011) and of numerous articles on medieval theology.
Aaron Canty, Ph.D. (2006), University of Notre Dame, is Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. He is the author of Light and Glory: The Transfiguration of Christ in Early Franciscan and Dominican Theology (CUA, 2011) and of numerous articles on medieval theology.
Content
List of Illustrations and Diagrams
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Franklin T. Harkins and Aaron Canty
I. EXEGETICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
1 Job in the Ancient Versions and the Pseudepigrapha
Angela Kim Harkins
2 Job in Patristic Commentaries and Theological Works
Kenneth B. Steinhauser
3 Job's Sin in the Moralia of Gregory the Great
Carole Straw
4 Job in the Glossa ordinaria on the Bible
Lesley Smith
5 From the Fiery Heaven to the Fire of Hell: Job in the Sentences Commentaries
of Albert the Great, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas
Franklin T. Harkins
6 Christ and the Eternal Extent of Divine Providence in the Expositio super Iob ad litteram
of Thomas Aquinas
Franklin T. Harkins
7 A Passionate Dispute over Divine Providence: Albert the Great's Commentary on
the Book of Job
Ruth Meyer
8 Nicholas of Lyra's Literal Commentary on Job
Aaron Canty
9 Job in the German Reformation
Ronald K. Rittgers
II. VERNACULAR AND POPULAR PERSPECTIVES
10 Look upon My Affliction (Job 10:15): The Depiction of Job in the Western Middle Ages
Gamble L. Madsen
11 The Book of Job in Latin Biblical Poetry of the Middle Ages
Greti Dinkova-Bruun
12 The Book of Job and the Figure of Job in Old English Literature
Martin Chase
13 Patience on Pilgrimage: Job in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Jane Beal
14 Job and the Wycliffites
J. Patrick Hornbeck II
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Franklin T. Harkins and Aaron Canty
I. EXEGETICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
1 Job in the Ancient Versions and the Pseudepigrapha
Angela Kim Harkins
2 Job in Patristic Commentaries and Theological Works
Kenneth B. Steinhauser
3 Job's Sin in the Moralia of Gregory the Great
Carole Straw
4 Job in the Glossa ordinaria on the Bible
Lesley Smith
5 From the Fiery Heaven to the Fire of Hell: Job in the Sentences Commentaries
of Albert the Great, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas
Franklin T. Harkins
6 Christ and the Eternal Extent of Divine Providence in the Expositio super Iob ad litteram
of Thomas Aquinas
Franklin T. Harkins
7 A Passionate Dispute over Divine Providence: Albert the Great's Commentary on
the Book of Job
Ruth Meyer
8 Nicholas of Lyra's Literal Commentary on Job
Aaron Canty
9 Job in the German Reformation
Ronald K. Rittgers
II. VERNACULAR AND POPULAR PERSPECTIVES
10 Look upon My Affliction (Job 10:15): The Depiction of Job in the Western Middle Ages
Gamble L. Madsen
11 The Book of Job in Latin Biblical Poetry of the Middle Ages
Greti Dinkova-Bruun
12 The Book of Job and the Figure of Job in Old English Literature
Martin Chase
13 Patience on Pilgrimage: Job in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Jane Beal
14 Job and the Wycliffites
J. Patrick Hornbeck II
Bibliography
Index