Reading the Bible in the Middle Ages

Abstract

Introduction, Jinty Nelson (Kings College London, UK) and Damien Kempf (University of Liverpool, UK) 1. Twelfth-century Notions of the Canon of the Bible, Cornelia Linde (German Historical Institute, UK) 2. The Orator as Exegete: Cassiodorus as a Reader of the Psalms, Gerda Heydemann (OEsterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria)) 3. Lay Readers of the Bible in the Carolingian Ninth Century, Jinty Nelson (King's College London, UK) 4. Jeremiah, Job, Terence and Paschasius Radbertus: Political Rhetoric and Biblical Authority in the Epitaphium Arsenii, Mayke de Jong (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands) 5. Biblical Readings for the Night Office in Eleventh-century Germany: Reconciling Theory and Practice, Henry Parkes (Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK) 6. 'Quid nobis cum allegoria?' The Literal Reading of the Bible in the Era of the Investiture Contest, Florian Hartmann (University of Bonn, Germany) 7. Sibyls, Tanners and Leper Kings: Taking Notes from the Bible in Twelfth-century England, Julie Barrau (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK) 7. Violence, Control, Prophecy and Power in Twelfth-century France and Germany, Claire Weeda (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Further Reading Index