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IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 530: Medieval Interpretations of the Book of Revelation, I: Exegesis, Doctrine, Prophetical Speculation

Tuesday 13 July 2010, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages
Organiser:Elisabeth Mégier, Independent Scholar, Paris
Moderator/Chair:Elisabeth Mégier, Independent Scholar, Paris
Paper 530-aThe Complexiones in Apocalypsim of Cassiodorus (Codex Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare XXXIX)
(Language: English)
Luciana Cuppo, Independent Scholar, Vicenza
Index terms: Biblical Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Theology
Paper 530-bPredestination in Augustine's Exegesis of Revelation 20: 12 (De Civitate Dei 20, 14-15)
(Language: English)
Alexandra Pârvan, Department of Psychology, University of Pitesti
Index terms: Biblical Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Philosophy, Theology
Paper 530-cThe Abbot and the Concubines: Joachim of Fiore, the Apocalypse, and the Harem of Salomo
(Language: English)
Julia Eva Wannenmacher, Philosophische Fakultät I, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
Index terms: Biblical Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Theology
Abstract

This session is meant to continue the exploration of the varied medieval approaches to the Book of Revelation, after two sessions dedicated to this subject in 2009. This time the papers presented will focus more specifically on written exegesis: on the interpretive methods applied to the Book of Revelation in different periods and by different, well-known or rather neglected authors (hermeneutical principles, use of sources and of cognitive schemes like for instance the symbolism of numbers), and on the use made of this biblical text for the elaboration of doctrine and of prophetical prevision.