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Patristic theories of biblical interpretation : the Latin fathers / edited by Tarmo Toom

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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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1 online resource (280 pages)
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Toom, Tarmo, 1961-
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Contents
Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; List of Tables ; List of Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Tyconius' hermeneutics: the way the Holy Spirit expresses itself through Scripture., A layman, an exegete, and a dissident Tyconius' hermeneutical works ; The Holy Spirit and the seals of Scripture ; The reader's task in regards to Scripture ; The mystical rules about the bipartite church ; The mystical nature of time in the church ; A typological reading., Hermeneutics and theology Gathering around the reading of Scripture ; A lasting influence on western hermeneutics ; Further Reading ; Chapter 3 Jerome's hermeneutics: how to exegete the Bible? ; Linguistic ability and principles of translation ; Translations of the biblical books., Hermeneutical theory and practice in Jerome's letters Hermeneutical theory and practice in Jerome's commentaries ; Further reading ; Chapter 4 Augustine's hermeneutics: the science of the divinely given signs ; De dialectica ; De magistro ; De doctrina Christiana ; Further reading., and Chapter 5 Cassian's hermeneutics: purity of heart and the vision of God Institutiones 5.33-4 ; Conlationes 8.3-4 ; Conlationes 14 ; Purity of heart ; Method or antimethod? ; Further reading ; Chapter 6 Junillus Africanus' hermeneutics: Antioch and beyond ; Introduction.
Summary
This volume offers a thorough analysis of Latin patristic hermeneutics, covering early church authors who explicitly discussed the subject.
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ISBN
9781316682562
1316682560
9781107588967
1107588960
9781107066557 (hardback : alk. paper)
1107066557 (hardback : alk. paper)
Note
Antiochene themes.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-258) and index.
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