Pico's Heptaplus and Biblical Hermeneutics (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions) - Hardcover

Black, Crofton

 
9789004153158: Pico's Heptaplus and Biblical Hermeneutics (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004153152 ISBN 13: 9789004153158
Publisher: Brill, 2006

Synopsis

This study shows how Giovanni Pico della Mirandola used Neoplatonic and kabbalistic ideas to develop an innovative theory of biblical allegory. Based on epistemology and intellectual ascent, his theory relates to scholastic debate over the action of the intellect.

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About the Author

Crofton Black read English and Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and completed his Ph.D. in 2004 at the Warburg Institute, London. He has also worked as a translator and cataloguer of Latin and Arabic manuscripts.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004153152
ISBN 13 
9789004153158
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
265