The Cambridge History of the Bible

doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521042550

The Cambridge History treats the Bible as a central document of Western civilization, a source of exegesis and of doctrine, an influence on education, on the growth of scholarship, on art and literature, as well as on the liturgy and the life of the Christian church and its members. This volume commences the study of the Bible in the West. It begins with Jerome and the Fathers and goes on to the time of Erasmus. Introductory chapters look back and rapidly survey the growth of the biblical canon in the pre-Christian period and the early church, and early Christian book-production. The central portion of the volume discusses exposition and exegesis of the Scriptures: in the hands of the Fathers, in the Medieval Schools, in the Liturgy and in the tradition of medieval Jewish scholarship. The permeation of European culture by the Scriptures is illustrated by themes in art and manuscript illustration, and by separate sections on each of the main vernacular languages, giving special attention to English. Each chapter is written by a scholar and expert on the subject, who summarizes existing knowledge and, in many cases, advances it by reporting his own research.

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Frontmatter
pp i-x
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I - The Old Testament: Manuscripts, Text and Versions
pp 1-26
- By Bleddyn J. Roberts, University College of North Wales, Bangor
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II - The History of the Text and Canon of the New Testament to Jerome
pp 27-53
- By C. S. C. Williams
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III - Early Christian Book-Production: Papyri and Manuscripts
pp 54-79
- By T. C. Skeat, British Museum
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IV - Jerome
pp 80-101
- By E. F. Sutcliffe, Heythrop College
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V - The Medieval History of the Latin Vulgate
pp 102-154
- By Raphael Loewe, University College, London
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VI - The Exposition and Exegesis of Scripture
pp 155-279
- By G. W. H. Lampe, University of Cambridge, Dom Jean Leclercq, Pontifical Institute S. Anselm, Rome, Beryl Smalley, St Hilda’s College, Oxford, S. J. P. vam Dijk, Erwin I. J. Rosenthal, University of Cambridge
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VII - The ‘People's Bible’: Artists and Commentators
pp 280-308
- By R. L. P. Milburn, Dean of Worcester
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VIII - Bible Illustration in Medieval Manuscripts
pp 309-337
- By Francis Wormald, London University
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IX - The Vernacular Scriptures
pp 338-491
- By M. J. Hunter, Geoffrey Sheperd, University of Birmingham, Henry Hargreaves, University of Aberdeen, W. B. Lockwood, University of Reading, C. A. Robson, University of Oxford, Kenelm Foster, University of Cambridge, Margherita Morreale, University of Bari
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X - Erasmus in Relation to the Medieval Biblical Tradition
pp 492-506
- By Louis Bouyer
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Bibliography
pp 509-535
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Notes on the Plates
pp 536-540
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Index
pp 541-566
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Frontmatter
pp i-x

I - The Old Testament: Manuscripts, Text and Versions
pp 1-26

II - The History of the Text and Canon of the New Testament to Jerome
pp 27-53

III - Early Christian Book-Production: Papyri and Manuscripts
pp 54-79

IV - Jerome
pp 80-101

V - The Medieval History of the Latin Vulgate
pp 102-154

VI - The Exposition and Exegesis of Scripture
pp 155-279

VII - The ‘People's Bible’: Artists and Commentators
pp 280-308

VIII - Bible Illustration in Medieval Manuscripts
pp 309-337

IX - The Vernacular Scriptures
pp 338-491

X - Erasmus in Relation to the Medieval Biblical Tradition
pp 492-506

Bibliography
pp 509-535

Notes on the Plates
pp 536-540

Index
pp 541-566

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