An Introduction to the Medieval Bible by
An introduction to the study of the Bible during the medieval period. This introduction includes a treatment of the principles of medieval hermeneutics, and a discussion of the formation of the Latin bible text and its canon.
Bible in the Latin West (Online) by
Surveys historical changes in the Latin Bible throughout the medieval period.
The Early Medieval Bible: Its Production, Decoration, and Use by
Examines and interprets the evidence of Bible manuscripts (including gospel books and Psalters) in their cultural context from late antiquity to the thirteenth century. Subjects include the earliest Bible manuscripts, the Gospels in a missionary context, the scriptorium of Tours, the development of the early glossed Psalter, the Old Testament in tenth- and eleventh-century England, the Italian Giant Bibles, the origins of the Paris Bible, the illustration of the early Gothic Psalter and the planning and production of the Hamburg Bible.
Reading the Bible in the Middle Ages by
This book's focus is on how medieval people accessed Scripture by reading, but also by hearing and memorizing sound-bites from the liturgy, chants and hymns, or sermons explicating Scripture in various vernaculars.
The Oxford Handbook of the Latin Bible (Online) by
Contains thirty-one chapters covering the history of the Latin Bible from its earliest translations (the Vetus Latina), the revisions by Jerome and others leading to the Vulgate, the achievements and innovations of the Carolingian period and Middle Ages, the development of modern scholarship, and the twentieth-century innovation of the Nova Vulgata. It includes discussions of key figures and interpreters, the most important manuscripts, and the significance of the Latin Bible in multiple fields.
Approaching the Bible in Medieval England (Online) by
Unveils the dynamics of biblical knowledge and dissemination in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England.
Form and Function in the Late Medieval Bible (Online) by
By addressing Latin Bibles alongside their French, Italian and English counterparts, this book challenges the Latin-vernacular dichotomy to show links, as well as discrepancies, between lay and clerical audiences and their books.
The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages: Production, Reception, and Performance in Western Christianity by
An introduction to the medieval culture of the Bible in Western Christianity. Shows how the Bible was read, performed, recorded, and interpreted by various groups in medieval Europe.
With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Online) by
An exploration of medieval scriptural interpretation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Making the Bible French: The Bible Historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader (Online) by
From the end of the thirteenth to the first decades of the sixteenth century, Guyart des Moulins's Bible historiale was the predominant French translation of the Bible. This book examines the importance of this translation and how it came about.
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