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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1331: Transcending Language Boundaries: The Reception of Greek Christian Texts in the 12th-Century Latin West, II

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 16.30-18.00

Organisers:Carmen Angela Cvetković, University of St Andrews
Laurence Mellerin, Laboratoire Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques (HiSoMa - UMR 5189), Université de Lyon 2 / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Moderator/Chair:Carmen Angela Cvetković, University of St Andrews
Paper 1331-aApophthegmata Patrum in 12th-Century France: Manuscript Traditions, Interpretations, and Significance
(Language: English)
Jan Reitzner, Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche, Hannover
Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Theology
Paper 1331-bDetecting the Translation Technique of Burgundio of Pisa through Chrysostomus Latinus in Iohannem Online (CLIO), Chrystostomus Latinus in Mattheum Online (CLIMO), and Text Alignment Network (TAN)
(Language: English)
Joel Kalvesmaki, Institute of Christian Oriental Research (ICOR), Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Theology
Paper 1331-cWilliam of St Thierry's Greek Sources in the De natura corporis et animae
(Language: English)
Laurence Mellerin, Laboratoire Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques (HiSoMa - UMR 5189), Université de Lyon 2 / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Theology
Abstract

This session aims to explore the reception of theological knowledge across linguistic borders, by focusing on the way in which 12th-century Latin medieval readers made use of the works of Greek Christian authors available to them in Latin translations produced from Late Antiquity onwards. The 12th century has long been recognised as an important period in the Latin reception of Greek classical knowledge with modern scholars paying attention especially to the medieval consumption of Greek works of philosophy, law, medicine, and science. Despite widespread evidence for the reading of Greek Christian authors in the 12th century, the reception of religious texts has received less scholarly attention, although they were considered highly important by medieval readers. By drawing attention to the 12th century Latin reception of Greek Christian texts, this session seeks to better understand what role played the Greek theological thought in shaping the Latin Christian medieval tradition.