Nicholas of Lyra: The Senses of Scripture (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)

2000 Brill hardcover edition. Some reading wear else good condition. From the cover: The first modern study of Nicholas of Lyra. A Franciscan teacher at the University of Paris, Nicholas (d. 1349) was an immensely important biblical commentator whose works influenced generations of scholars including Luther. Famed for his knowledge of Hebrew learning, as well as of the Latin Fathers, Nicholas was also highly conscious of interpretative method and of the Bible as literary artefact. In his massive Postillae, Nicholas commented on the entire Bible according to both literal and spiritual senses. This masterpiece is the basis for fifteen essays which cover major biblical books, examining them in a variety of ways, such as interpretative history, theology, and even political theory. They illuminate the remarkable range of Nicholas' thinking, his impressive scholarship, and his Franciscan evangelism. A major study of a key medieval writer. Contents: 1. 'Creation, Fall and Salvation: Lyra's Commentary on Genesis 1-3' by Corrine Patton; 2. 'The Rewards of Faith: Nicholas of Lyra on Ruth' by Lesley Smith; 3. 'The Literal Sense of the Books of Samuel and Kings: from Andrew of St Victor to Nicholas of Lyra' by Frans van Liere; 4. 'The Book of Kings: Nicholas of Lyra's Mirror of Princes' by Philippe Buc; 5. 'What's a Good Soldier to Do? Scholarship and Revelation in the Postills on the Psalms' by Theresa Gross-Diaz; 6. 'Literal Senses in the Song of Songs' by Mary Dove; 7. 'Vision and History: Nicholas of Lyra on the Prophet Ezechiel' by Michael A. Signer; 8. 'Nicholas of Lyra on the Book of Daniel' by Mark Zier; 9. 'Lyra on the Gospel of Matthew' by Kevin Madigan; 10. 'The Gospel Truth: Nicholas of Lyra on John' by Lesley Smith; 11. 'The Old Law Prohibits the Hand and Not the Spirit': The Law and the Jews in Nicholas of Lyra's Romans Commentary of 1329' by Philip D. W. Krey; 12. 'The Apocalypse Commentary of 1329: Problems in Church History' by Philip D. W. Krey; 13. 'Nicholas of Lyra and Franciscan Interest in Hebrew Scholarship' by Deeana Copeland Klepper. …