IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 839: Nicholas of Lyra in the Age of Wyclif and Hus: New Perspectives on the Commentaries
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Lollard Society / Centrum Medievistických Studií, Praha |
|---|---|
| Organisers: | David Lavinsky, Department of English Language & Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michael van Dussen, Department of English, Ohio State University |
| Moderator/Chair: | David Lavinsky, Department of English Language & Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| Paper 839-a | Nicholas of Lyra's Failed Project?: The Fate of His Treatise for Students On the Differences between Our Translation and the Hebrew Letter (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Paper 839-b | The Influence of Nicholas of Lyra on the First Czech Bible Translation (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 839-c | Franciscan Hebraism and the Wycliffite Bible (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Abstract | A Franciscan teacher fluent in Hebrew, Nicholas of Lyra (d.1349) became an important source for Christians interested in rabbinical commentary and other forms of medieval Jewish exegesis. Nicholas's relationship to the Hebrew biblical scholarship of his Franciscan precursors shapes how we assess the historical, philological, and polemical religious contexts of later decades, when his commentaries gain prominence in Wycliffite circles. This panel will explore Nicholas's Hebraizing tendencies in light of his Wycliffite reception while also tracking the circulation of his writings beyond their familiar cultural settings, including glosses and extracts situating Nicholas within a tradition of Central European biblical translation. |