IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 630: Medieval Interpretations of the Book of Revelation, II: Exegetical Practice and Theoretical Presuppositions
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages |
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| Organiser: | Elisabeth Mégier, Independent Scholar, Paris |
| Moderator/Chair: | Julia Eva Wannenmacher, Philosophische Fakultät I, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin |
| Paper 630-a | The Literal Sense(s) of the Book of Revelation in Latin Commentaries (from Jerome to Rupert of Deutz) (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Theology |
| Paper 630-b | Entre spiritualité et historicité: le cas exemplaire de l'Apocalypse des ducs de Savoie au XVe siècle (El Escorial Bibl. Laurentina, ms. E vitr.& anc. 5) (Language: Français) Index terms: Art History - General, Biblical Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This session will combine the study of one important commentary, with reflections on some of the general problems the commentators of the Book of Revelation had to deal with: the problem of biblical authorship, the problem of historicity, and the problem of spiritual seeing. Like the first session, this one wants to exemplify how the medieval readings of this biblical book can be used as a source in the study of a great number of subjects. The same is certainly the case for the other biblical books as well, however the interpretations of Revelation, as of a particularly difficult text, can be particularly revelatory. |