How to Correct the Sacra Scriptura? Textual Criticism of the Latin Bible between the Twelfth and Fifteenth Century

Cornelia Linde

ISBN 10: 0907570224 / ISBN 13: 9780907570226

Published by Ssmll, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Correct the Sacra Scriptura? Textual Criticism of the Latin Bible between the Twelfth and Fifteenth Century
• Publisher: Ssmll
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0907570224
• ISBN 13: 9780907570226
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Reprint ed.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.6W x 2.24H x 23.39D centimeters 15.6 centimeters width by 2.24 centimeters height by 23.39 centimeters depth
• Weight: 658 grams

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Synopsis

This study deals with Latin texts from the twelfth to the fifteenth century that discuss the emendation of the Latin Bible. After consideration of the medieval terminology for different versions of the Bible, it offers an overview of the transmission of the Latin Bible in the Middle Ages and its medieval editions. A survey of the cult of Jerome precedes an investigation of statements by textual critics about the status of the Vulgate and other versions of the Bible. The main body of the work is dedicated to the authors' views of the textual tradition by examining their statements on the status of Hebrew, Greek and Latin manuscripts for the emendation of the Latin Bible. Finally, this study explores the struggle between consuetudo and veritas and the role of grammar in the emendation of the Latin Bible.